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Phil Brickell vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 10 different votes 421 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
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
502
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
633 eligible divisions
247
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
48.9% of votes cast
255
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

136
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
104
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
166
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
152
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API