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Jess Phillips vs James MacCleary

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 James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and James MacCleary voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 184 different votes 243 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 20 No
Tax 2% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 4 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 15 No
Transport 11% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
590 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
51.9% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
175
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
93
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
223
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
102
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£188,021
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£188,021
17% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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