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Phil Brickell vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 0 different votes 266 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
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

123
+38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
154
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
132
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% 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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API