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Phil Brickell vs Zarah Sultana

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
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Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 99 different votes 324 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 92% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 53% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 2 No
Housing 53% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API