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Dr Scott Arthur vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Dr Scott Arthur and Chris Philp voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 306 different votes 311 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
485
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
237
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
248
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
12
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

182
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
286
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Contributions
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£173,383
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£173,383
23% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API