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Phil Brickell vs Mr Clive Betts

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
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Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 different votes 415 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% 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
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 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: 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API