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Phil Brickell vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 1 different votes 316 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
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 99% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
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