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Brian Leishman vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Ben Lake voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 157 different votes 278 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
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 67% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 24% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 38% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API