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Phil Brickell vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 1 different votes 304 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
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 98% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API