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Matthew Patrick vs Chris Philp

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

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Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
vs
Photograph of Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Chris Philp voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 316 different votes 321 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
475
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
231
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
244
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
9
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

30
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Contributions
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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