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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 297 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 292 different votes 297 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
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
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 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
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
446
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
220
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
226
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

108
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
136
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
105
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 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
£2,404,047
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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API