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Brian Leishman vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 2 different votes 356 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
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 16 No
Education 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% 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
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£182,647
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API