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Emily Darlington vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 333 different votes 340 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
53 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
521
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
274
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
247
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

91
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
169
+87.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
119
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Contributions
190
+47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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