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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,298 different votes 1,354 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
22 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 137 shared votes
71 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
122 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 176 shared votes
54 Aye 122 No
23 Aye 93 No
Migration 0% aligned 116 shared votes
93 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
75.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,753
2,323 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.1 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
928
52.9 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
157
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
177
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
14
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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