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Phil Brickell vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 0 different votes 305 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
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API