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Gareth Snell vs Bridget Phillipson

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 588 shared comparable votes.

573 same votes 15 different votes 588 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
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Transport 91% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
66 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 104 shared votes
66 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
55.8%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 650
555
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,352
2,422 eligible divisions
274
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
60.0% of votes cast
281
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
541
40.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

207
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Appearances
85
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
326
+159.6 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
502
+335.6 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 94 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
33 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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