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Ian Lavery vs Brian Leishman

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Brian Leishman voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 2 different votes 333 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
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.8 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
212
54.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
5.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
104
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Defence
20 of 22 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Tax
94 of 108 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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