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Alistair Strathern vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 369 different votes 375 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
64 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
29 Aye 64 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
29 Aye 64 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,333 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
831
47.2 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

57
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
159
+92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
178
+60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API