The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Phil Brickell vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 258 different votes 263 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API