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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 974 different votes 1,015 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
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
41 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 78 shared votes
39 Aye 39 No
94 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
65 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 152 shared votes
46 Aye 106 No
17 Aye 44 No
Migration 0% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 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
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
558
+419.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
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 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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