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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,017 different votes 1,083 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
22 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
86 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 140 shared votes
58 Aye 82 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 45 No
Migration 5% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
49 Aye 98 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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