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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir James Cleverly

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 James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,019 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 967 different votes 1,019 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
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 10% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
104 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
62 Aye 102 No
15 Aye 42 No
Migration 5% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 126 shared votes
38 Aye 88 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
191 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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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