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Bridget Phillipson vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 833 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 775 different votes 833 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
12 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 4 No
Energy 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 25 No
Trade 10% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Migration 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

86
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
573
+430.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
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
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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