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Ms Diane Abbott vs Brian Leishman

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Brian Leishman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 4 different votes 239 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
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

65.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 508 of 647
Participation
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 334 of 647
1,519
2,315 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
529 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
5.3 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 647
Appearances
97
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 647
16
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 647
Contributions
106
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19 % below average
3
3 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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Defence
20 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Tax
94 of 108 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API