About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Phil Brickell) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bolton West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bolton West

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @philbrickellmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Council Tax: Non-payment
• British Overseas Territories: Companies
• Pharmacy
• Electronic Commerce: Money Laundering
• Training: Taxation

Currently held offices

• Member, Rare Cancers Bill Committee (since 26 Jun 2025)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (since 17 Dec 2024)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 16 Dec 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Feb 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (18 Dec 2024 to 5 Jan 2025)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (18 Nov 2024 to 20 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris Green
• Julie Hilling
• Ruth Kelly
• Tom Sackville
• Ann Taylor
• Robert Redmond
• Gordon Oakes
• Arthur Holt
• John Lewis

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Rare Cancers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Victims of Terrorism: State Support — [Carolyn Harris in the Chair] 10 Jul 2025

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this hugely important and timely debate. As chair of the recently constituted all-party parliamentary group on terrorism and security, he is a dedicated advocate on this subject—yet another issue on which he and I have a shared interest....

• Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 4 Jul 2025

  The Minister talks about economic growth. I recently met a Mongolian lady working at the Satellite Applications Catapult, which exists to grow the UK space sector. We have heard about Buzz Aldrin and Buzz Lightyear—I am afraid I have a pun coming. With that in mind, will the Minister set out in further detail, perhaps at the Dispatch Box now, how he foresees the Bill giving the space sector...

• Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill 4 Jul 2025

  Does my hon. Friend agree that it is vital to have farms in built-up settings in order to give a connection to people who perhaps do not have the good fortune of being able to get out into the countryside, to enable them to understand how crucial farming is to this country and also, frankly, so that they may enjoy livestock in a responsible manner?

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