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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.


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,262 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,230 different votes 1,262 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 85 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
85 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,620
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
715
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
294
+185.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
Contributions
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API