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Phil Brickell vs Rebecca 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
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Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 295 different votes 304 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
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
147
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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