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Gareth Snell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 615 different votes 652 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
63 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 101 shared votes
37 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 18 No
Transport 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
47 Aye 78 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
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