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Phil Brickell vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 1 different votes 419 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
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 99% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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