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Phil Brickell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 304 different votes 310 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
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
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

121
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
150
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API