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Barry Gardiner vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,214 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,163 different votes 1,214 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
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 102 shared votes
62 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
90 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 153 shared votes
65 Aye 88 No
26 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 185 shared votes
54 Aye 131 No
26 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
13
5 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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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