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Phil Brickell vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 306 different votes 315 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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