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Angela Rayner vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Angela Rayner and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,299 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,255 different votes 1,299 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
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 12 No
Energy 3% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
96 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
62 Aye 94 No
28 Aye 25 No
Trade 2% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 165 shared votes
49 Aye 116 No
21 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 102 shared votes
81 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,613
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
898
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
715
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
958
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

47
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Appearances
192
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
483
+318.4 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
216
+51.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£219,458
3% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
24
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 80 votes
#4
Tax
263 of 331 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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