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Phil Brickell vs Sir Edward Leigh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 276 different votes 282 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
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
446
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
220
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
226
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

104
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Appearances
163
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
131
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
182
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 61 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API