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Bridget Phillipson vs Sarah Bool

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South
vs
Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sarah Bool voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 161 different votes 167 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.2 %
17 % below average
Rank 602 of 648
Participation
75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 311 of 648
1,300
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
526 eligible divisions
783
60.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
42.7 % of votes cast
517
39.8 % of votes cast
No votes
227
57.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 648
496
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 648
Contributions
88
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
77 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
96 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Trade
60 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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