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Bill Esterson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,294 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,250 different votes 1,294 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
31 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
55 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 125 shared votes
70 Aye 55 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
129 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 191 shared votes
62 Aye 129 No
24 Aye 73 No
Migration 0% aligned 97 shared votes
73 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
942
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
735
43.8 % 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
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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