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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,034 different votes 1,095 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
18 Aye 15 No
Defence 12% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 10% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 85 shared votes
41 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 145 shared votes
51 Aye 94 No
18 Aye 44 No
Migration 0% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
43 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
193 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
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