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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,045 different votes 1,104 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
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
105 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
23 Aye 50 No
Migration 4% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 152 shared votes
52 Aye 100 No
25 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
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
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