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Phil Brickell vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 0 different votes 407 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
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% 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
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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: 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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