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Alison McGovern vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,245 different votes 1,277 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
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 11 No
Benefits 3% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
56 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 124 shared votes
69 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 182 shared votes
58 Aye 124 No
28 Aye 86 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
86 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % 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
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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