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Catherine West vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Catherine West and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,308 different votes 1,344 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
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
51 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 121 shared votes
71 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 15 No
Benefits 2% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
102 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 94 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
94 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
38 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 347 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
943
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
790
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
51
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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