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Phil Brickell vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 0 different votes 327 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 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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