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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,290 different votes 1,343 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
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 29 No
Transport 2% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
143 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
60 Aye 143 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
38 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
13 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 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 346 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
9
2 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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API