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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 175 different votes 178 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
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

56.2 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
77.0 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
575 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
44.7 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
245
55.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
161
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
558
+419.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
246
+107.7 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 111 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 31 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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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