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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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
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Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,103 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,103 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
23 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Energy 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
101 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
66 Aye 101 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 51 No
Migration 4% aligned 73 shared votes
48 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
52 Aye 103 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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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