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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,023 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 970 different votes 1,023 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
2 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 29 No
Trade 4% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 34 No
Migration 0% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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