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Edward Argar vs Phil Brickell

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Phil Brickell
Phil Brickell
Lab Bolton West

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Phil Brickell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 379 different votes 386 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 198 of 650
2,162
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
620 eligible divisions
1,030
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
48.5% of votes cast
1,132
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
255
51.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
135
+42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
137
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
164
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,925
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£179,925
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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