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Gill Furniss vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Gill Furniss and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,187 different votes 1,233 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
57 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
128 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 181 shared votes
53 Aye 128 No
25 Aye 60 No
Migration 0% aligned 85 shared votes
60 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
11 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 401 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,619
2,261 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
714
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
10 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

20
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 648
Appearances
141
+81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 648
17
-90.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
Contributions
161
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£322,640
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Housing
50 of 61 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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