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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 997 different votes 1,055 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
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
103 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
70 Aye 100 No
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 40 No
Migration 5% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 134 shared votes
40 Aye 94 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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