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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,067 different votes 1,115 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 9 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
62 Aye 107 No
21 Aye 49 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 8 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 130 shared votes
49 Aye 81 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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

56.2 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
558
+419.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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