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Dan Carden vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,131 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,095 different votes 1,131 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 11 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
44 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 103 shared votes
60 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 62 No
Migration 3% aligned 80 shared votes
62 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 147 shared votes
61 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
134 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 182 shared votes
48 Aye 134 No
25 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,455
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
648
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

22
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
18
5 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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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