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Phil Brickell vs Sir Iain Duncan 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
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 327 different votes 335 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
46 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
24 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
24 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

122
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
150
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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 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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API