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Afzal Khan vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan
Lab Manchester Rusholme
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,224 different votes 1,264 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
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
59 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 134 shared votes
75 Aye 59 No
21 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 2% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 1% aligned 106 shared votes
81 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
117 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 172 shared votes
55 Aye 117 No
25 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,654
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
925
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
729
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

37
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 649
Appearances
167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
42
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
52 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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