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Brian Leishman vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Andy McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 3 different votes 367 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 650
Participation
75.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 650
414
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,349 eligible divisions
186
44.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.7 % of votes cast
228
55.1 % of votes cast
No votes
786
44.3 % of votes cast
21
5.1 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

99
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
89
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
124
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,647
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API