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Brian Leishman vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

320 same votes 3 different votes 323 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 650
414
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,629
2,349 eligible divisions
186
44.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
912
56.0 % of votes cast
228
55.1 % of votes cast
No votes
717
44.0 % of votes cast
21
5.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
38
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
26
-99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
75 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API