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Phil Brickell vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Phil Brickell
Phil Brickell
Lab Bolton West
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 0 different votes 325 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
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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