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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,144 different votes 1,185 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
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
56 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
106 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
68 Aye 106 No
21 Aye 8 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 158 shared votes
54 Aye 104 No
21 Aye 50 No
Migration 0% aligned 71 shared votes
50 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,300
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
783
60.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
517
39.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
496
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
77 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
60 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
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
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