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Phil Brickell vs George Freeman

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 George Freeman
George Freeman
Con Mid Norfolk

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and George Freeman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 235 different votes 238 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 344 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,361 eligible divisions
227
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
845
48.7 % of votes cast
230
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
889
51.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
27
1.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
11
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650
139
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API