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Mike Wood vs Bridget Phillipson

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,080 different votes 1,129 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
12 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
46 Aye 24 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
21 Aye 49 No
6 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 108 No
Tax 0% aligned 153 shared votes
108 Aye 45 No
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
60.1% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
531
39.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
149
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
573
+427.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
63 of 91 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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