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How Phil Brickell votes

Phil Brickell voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 209 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Phil Brickell has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousElected member of the Executive of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.22 Dec 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Germany between 14 October 2025 and 16 October 202531 Oct 2025

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Phil Brickell asked 75 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office17
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office13
Department of Health and Social Care10
Treasury9
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs9

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
3 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
2 Sep 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 14 Sep 2026
22 Jun 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 29 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£14,699
Office costs · claims for running an office£11,252
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,447

45 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Phil Brickell represents Bolton West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Phil Brickell

Labour

MAJORITY
4,945

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Phil Brickell won with 39% of the votes, and Chris Green (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour39% · 17,363
Conservative28% · 12,418
Reform UK19% · 8,517
Green Party9% · 4,132
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,966
English Democrats0% · 202
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Phil BrickellLabour17,36338.9%
Chris GreenConservative12,41827.8%
Dylan EvansReform UK8,51719.1%
Vicki AttenboroughGreen Party4,1329.3%
Donald McintoshLiberal Democrat1,9664.4%
Patrick McGrathEnglish Democrats2020.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£764 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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