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Brian Leishman vs Rebecca Paul

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

Photograph of Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 286 different votes 299 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
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

141
+57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
104
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
158
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
152
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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