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Edward Argar vs Bridget Phillipson

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,222 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,158 different votes 1,222 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
71 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
12 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
44 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 96 shared votes
56 Aye 40 No
49 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
22 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 105 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
105 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
60.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
531
39.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
2 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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
63 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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