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Sarah Edwards vs Phil Brickell

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Phil Brickell
Phil Brickell
Lab Bolton West

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Phil Brickell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 0 different votes 304 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
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 219 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
590 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
48.8% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
239
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,925
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£179,925
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 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 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API