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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 411 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 404 different votes 411 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
64 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
626
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,406 eligible divisions
319
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
307
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
951
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

82
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
188
+96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
93
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
212
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API