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Brian Leishman vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 69 different votes 127 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
7 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 82% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 7 No
Migration 75% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 15 No
Tax 17% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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