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Jess Phillips vs Alison Bennett

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 227 different votes 289 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
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,650
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
945
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
705
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
142
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
232
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
164
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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