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Alex Burghart vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

1,451 same votes 13 different votes 1,464 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
72 Aye 135 No
Tax 100% aligned 207 shared votes
72 Aye 135 No
74 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
74 Aye 61 No
29 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
36 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 28 No
Education 97% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
63 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
66 Aye 99 No
94 Aye 31 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
96 Aye 29 No
72 Aye 135 No
Tax 100% aligned 207 shared votes
72 Aye 135 No
74 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
74 Aye 61 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 90 of 650
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,816
2,135 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,390 eligible divisions
875
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
47.1% of votes cast
941
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

85
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
141
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
7
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 90 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API