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Brian Leishman vs Ms Diane Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Ms Diane Abbott voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 4 different votes 239 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
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 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
64.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 522 of 650
414
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,519
2,349 eligible divisions
186
44.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
850
56.0 % of votes cast
228
55.1 % of votes cast
No votes
669
44.0 % of votes cast
21
5.1 % of votes cast
Against party
31
2.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
39 years, 0 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

99
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
12
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
15
-110.8 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£270,312
20 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 169 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API