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Bridget Phillipson vs Valerie Vaz

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.

1,220 same votes 1 different votes 1,221 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
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
109 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
109 Aye 54 No
57 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
54 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
54 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
24 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
109 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
109 Aye 54 No
57 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
54 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
54 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
24 Aye 51 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API