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Phil Brickell vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 9 different votes 369 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
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
505
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
248
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
257
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

136
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Appearances
40
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
166
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
Contributions
18
-148.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API