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Phil Brickell vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 0 different votes 410 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API