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Brian Leishman vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Greg Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 337 different votes 352 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
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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