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Claire Young vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 63 different votes 249 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
20 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 84% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 71% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.1 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
415
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
220
53.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
195
47.0 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

123
+47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Appearances
168
+92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
139
+5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
187
+53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
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
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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