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Alex Norris vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,160 different votes 1,196 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 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
48 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 112 shared votes
65 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 29 No
Trade 2% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,583
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
887
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
696
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
417
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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