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Phil Brickell vs Edward Argar

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 Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 353 different votes 360 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
45 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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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