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Jess Phillips vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 246 different votes 255 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
223
+77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
Contributions
290
+144.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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