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Brian Leishman vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 10 different votes 414 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
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
468
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,352
1,701 eligible divisions
208
44.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
705
52.1% of votes cast
260
55.6% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
23
4.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

174
+77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
96
-0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
197
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
87
-80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% 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
Housing
53 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Tax
104 of 122 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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