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Brian Leishman vs Max Wilkinson

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 Max Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson
LD Cheltenham

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Max Wilkinson voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 245 different votes 313 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 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 56% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 4% aligned 81 shared votes
35 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 11% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
590 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
56.2% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
177
43.8% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
124
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
163
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
150
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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
£196,958
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£196,958
13% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Tax
86 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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