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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 353 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 2 different votes 353 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
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 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
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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

73.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 650
414
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,788
2,349 eligible divisions
186
44.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
997
55.8 % of votes cast
228
55.1 % of votes cast
No votes
791
44.2 % of votes cast
21
5.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
106
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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
£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
65 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API