Voting Record — Bridget Phillipson MP, Houghton and Sunderland South (24709)

Bridget Phillipson is currently Minister for Women and Equalities, and The Secretary of State for Education,

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	3 votes out of 71, 4.2%	71 votes out of 206, 34.5%	0 times
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 609, 0.0%	609 votes out of 1069, 57.0%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 359, 0.3%	359 votes out of 463, 77.5%	1 time
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	2 votes out of 216, 0.9%	216 votes out of 467, 46.3%	8 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	1 vote out of 738, 0.1%	738 votes out of 1239, 59.6%	46 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Bridget Phillipson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 May 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — New Clause 10 - No obligation to provide assistance etc	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — New Clause 10 - No obligation to provide assistance etc	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2024	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Jul 2024	Became Minister for Women and Equalities,
5 Jul 2024	Became The Secretary of State for Education,
House	Date	Subject	Bridget Phillipson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
29 Nov 2021	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
29 Nov 2021	Stopped being Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
21 Sep 2020	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
13 May 2020	Stopped being Member, Committee on Standards
13 May 2020	Stopped being Member, Committee of Privileges
11 May 2020	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
6 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Committee on Standards
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Committee of Privileges
21 Jan 2020	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
House	Date	Subject	Bridget Phillipson	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Committee on Standards
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Committee of Privileges
Commons	4 Dec 2018	Consideration of European Union Withdrawal Motions — Allowing Amendments	tellaye	aye	Teller
18 Jul 2018	Became Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee
Commons	23 Jan 2018	Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner	minority	no	Rebel
26 Oct 2017	Became Member, Committee on Standards
26 Oct 2017	Became Member, Committee of Privileges
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
10 Jul 2017	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
House	Date	Subject	Bridget Phillipson	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	Majority	aye	Rebel
26 Oct 2015	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
18 Sep 2015	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	16 Sep 2015	Education and Adoption Bill — New Clause 3 — Schools Causing Concern — Involvement of Parents of Pupils	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 2015	Opposition Day — Focusing Any Assistance in Budget on Those With Middle and Low Incomes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 31 — Ability of Scottish Parliament to Create New Benefits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 28 — Housing Benefit — Devolving Powers to Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 19 — Carers Benefit — Scope of Eligibility	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 19 — Threshold for Disability Benefits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Weekly Publication of Accident and Emergency Statistics — Plan for Tackling Hospital Deficits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Review of 14-19 Education	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Bridget Phillipson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Mar 2015	Corporation Tax 2016-17	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2015	Income Tax 2015-16	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2015	March 2015 Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 2015	Deregulation Bill — Short-term Use of London Accommodation: Relaxation of Restrictions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Feb 2015	Opposition Day — Clawback of Bankers' Bonuses and Reform of the Banking Industry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2015	Local Government Finance Report 2015-16 — Level of Revenue Support Grant	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2015	Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2015-16 — Level of Central Government Funding for Policing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2015	Opposition Day — Number of Apprenticeships — Standing and Value of Technical and Vocational Education	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2015	Opposition Day — Global Leadership on Tackling the Causes of Poverty Inequality and Climate Change	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jan 2015	Opposition Day — Energy Prices — Require Energy Companies to Pass Savings to Customers When Wholesale Prices Fall	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2015	Consumer Rights Bill — Secondary Ticketing Platforms — Require Publication of Seller ID and Full Ticket Details	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2015	Consumer Rights Bill — Secondary Ticketing Platforms — Ticket Details — Prevention of Resale of Tickets Below Face Value	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Dec 2014	Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2014	Infrastructure Bill — Motion to Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Nov 2014	Opposition Day — The Economy — Minimum Wage — Childcare — Business Rates — Infrastructure — Building New Homes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law — If to make Decision	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2014	Opposition Day — National Minimum Wage	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2014	Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Sep 2014	Opposition Day — Energy Company Licence Revocation — Consumer Harm Due to Serious Breaches of Licence Conditions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Jul 2014	Finance Bill 2013-14 to 2014-15 — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jul 2014	Finance Bill — New Clause 11 — Report on Impact on Tax Revenues of Introducing Employee Shareholder Status	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 2014	Opposition Day — Private Rented Sector — Ban on Letting Agent Fees — Default 3 Year Tenancies — Action on Excessive Rent Rises	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 2014	Opposition Day — Passport Applications — Compensation for Premimum and Fast Track Applicants — Publication of Statistics	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — Note of Thanks — Legislatative Programme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — The Economy and Living Standards	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 May 2014	Deregulation Bill — Clause 1 — Health and Safety Law Exemption for Self Employed People	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 May 2014	Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 3 — Access to Data from Service Providers to Inform Consumer Choice	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Apr 2014	Government Assessment of Medium Term Economic and Budgetary Position for Submission to the European Commission	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Childcare provision	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Report on Impact of Raising Tax Rate Applied to Income over £150,000 from 45% to 50%.	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Clause 5 — Report on Futher Corporation Tax Cut	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Apr 2014	Opposition Day — Energy Price Freeze	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2014	Budget Resolution — The Bank Levy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2014	Budget Resolution — To Charge Corporation Tax for 2014-15	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2014	March 2014 Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 2014	Care Bill — Clause 116 — Require Secretary of State's Approval For Use of Confidential Patient Information for Medical Research	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 2014	Care Bill — New Clause 25 — New Offence Relating to Misuse of Information from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2014	Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill — Clause 151 — Definition of Miscarriages of Justice	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2014	Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill — Clause 151 — Definition of Miscarriages of Justice	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 5 — Provision of Probation Services: Report to Parliament	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 4 — Probation Reform Pilot Schemes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 1 — Probation Service Reform: Parliamentary Approval	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 2013	Opposition Day — Accident and Emergency — Guaranteed GP Appointments Within 48 Hours — Winter 2013	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Dec 2013	Mesothelioma Bill — Programme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 2013	Extending Free Nursery Places — Breakfast and After-School Clubs to Provide 8am-6pm Childcare — Tax Breaks for Firms Starting to Pay a Living Wage	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Energy Prices	tellaye	aye	Teller
4 Nov 2013	Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
7 Oct 2013	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
11 Oct 2011	Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
11 Oct 2010	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Procedure Committee
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Home Affairs Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
70%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
84%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
36%	Asylum System - More strict
25%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
71%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
26%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
19%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
21%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
94%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
52%	Employment rights
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
87%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
7%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
12%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
88%	Fire Safety
43%	Fixed Term Parliaments
69%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
75%	Fully Elected House of Lords
77%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
63%	Further devolution to Scotland
74%	Further devolution to Wales
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
6%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
71%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
24%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
78%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
67%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
27%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
26%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
10%	Increase the state pension age
22%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
79%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
38%	Localise Council Tax Support
40%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
20%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
35%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
78%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
62%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
83%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
20%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
23%	Privatise Royal Mail
23%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
31%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
69%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
5%	Reduce central funding for local government
70%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
25%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
23%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
30%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
55%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
40%	Register of Lobbyists
86%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
1%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
14%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
35%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
50%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
20%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
71%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
63%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
73%	Stop climate change
80%	Support current and former armed service members
37%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
39%	Tougher on illegal immigration
13%	Trade Unions - Restrict
70%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
87%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
67%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
71%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
71%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Bridget Phillipson MP, Houghton and Sunderland South (24709)

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