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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 792 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 753 different votes 792 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
98 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
57 Aye 101 No
25 Aye 15 No
Trade 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 45 No
Migration 0% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
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