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Phil Brickell

Phil Brickell

Labour MP for Bolton West

Phil Brickell is the Labour MP for Bolton West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Message

Seat status

Safe

Majority size

4,945

Recent swing

+3.7% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Fincordtech Management (£2,840)

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung UK (£815)

Key Parliamentary Votes

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed386 Ayes, 105 Noes

Phil voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed330 Ayes, 275 Noes

Phil voted with the majority

DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed375 Ayes, 9 Noes

Where Phil fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Phil Brickell

Phil Brickell

Member of Parliament

Bolton West

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Public Accounts Commission
  • Rare Cancers Bill