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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 384 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 3 different votes 384 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
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 38 shared votes
20 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
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649

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
71 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API