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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.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 381 different votes 388 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
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 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
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 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 217 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
599
755 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,372 eligible divisions
305
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
837
47.1% of votes cast
294
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
939
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
167
+86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
187
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API