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Dame Nia Griffith vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,421 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,421 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
30 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
100 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 165 shared votes
67 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
142 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 211 shared votes
69 Aye 142 No
26 Aye 95 No
Migration 0% aligned 121 shared votes
95 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
1,022
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
821
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
83
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 377 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
5
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API