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Alex Mayer vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

69
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
168
+86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
189
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API