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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 41% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 154 different votes 263 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
9 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 15 shared votes
11 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 36% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 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
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
414
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
186
44.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
228
55.1 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
21
5.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

99
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 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
£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
155 of 161 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 11 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