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Chris Law vs Jess Phillips

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

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Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
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Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Jess Phillips voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

846 same votes 78 different votes 924 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
27 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 74% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
90 Aye 46 No
Tax 75% aligned 136 shared votes
92 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

51.6%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
1,223
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,641
2,372 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
940
57.3% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
701
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
52
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
214
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£267,662
18% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
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