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Brian Leishman vs Lee Anderson

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
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Lee Anderson voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 246 different votes 268 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
0 Aye 6 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
8 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

133
+50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
148
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Contributions
80
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 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 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
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