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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,063 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,063 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
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
63 Aye 102 No
22 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 135 shared votes
49 Aye 86 No
25 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% 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
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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