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Adam Thompson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Adam Thompson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 321 different votes 327 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
53 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
24 Aye 53 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
24 Aye 53 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

92.8 %
20 % above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 312 of 650
518
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,344 eligible divisions
258
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
831
47.2 % of votes cast
260
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

80
+10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
160
+90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
91
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
179
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,664
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£179,664
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
254 of 318 votes
Transport
26 of 26 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API