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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 633 different votes 985 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
25 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 10 No
Trade 59% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 52% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
164
+86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
1
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
184
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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
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
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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