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Phil Brickell vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 0 different votes 366 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
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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
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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API