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Bridget Phillipson vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

242 same votes 0 different votes 242 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
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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
93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
590 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
573
+425.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
97
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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