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Brian Leishman vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

372 same votes 2 different votes 374 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
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API