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Christian Wakeford vs Chris Philp

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Chris Philp voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

431 same votes 642 different votes 1,073 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
28 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 85% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 65% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 14 No
Trade 62% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 58% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 8% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
86
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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