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Esther McVey vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,143 shared comparable votes.

1,105 same votes 38 different votes 1,143 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
56 Aye 106 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
56 Aye 106 No
31 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
57 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 99 shared votes
56 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 24 No
Transport 96% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
56 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 151 shared votes
60 Aye 91 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,398
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,422 eligible divisions
643
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
755
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
960
52.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

145
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Appearances
190
+94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
189
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Contributions
214
+47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Tax
264 of 332 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No rebel
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
No
No rebel
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill Lords Amendments Motion to disagree LA1 15 Nov 2021
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API