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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 331 shared comparable votes.
327 same votes
4 different votes
331 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.9%
1% above average
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API