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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,034 different votes 1,100 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
117 Aye 69 No
Tax 22% aligned 186 shared votes
61 Aye 125 No
23 Aye 23 No
Benefits 13% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 16 No
Energy 11% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 15 No
Defence 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 101 No
Migration 0% aligned 128 shared votes
101 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Appearances
141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648
Contributions
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
161 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API