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Andrew Western vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 448 different votes 459 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
31 Aye 53 No
12 Aye 39 No
Migration 0% aligned 51 shared votes
39 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
31 Aye 53 No
12 Aye 39 No
Migration 0% aligned 51 shared votes
39 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % 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
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Education
50 of 58 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