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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.

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

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Chris Philp voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 309 different votes 313 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
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 186 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 649
465
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,971
2,361 eligible divisions
229
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
48.3 % of votes cast
236
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,019
51.7 % of votes cast
8
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
59
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650

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
11
5 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
82 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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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