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Graham Stringer vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,072 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 935 different votes 1,072 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
38 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 66% aligned 99 shared votes
40 Aye 59 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 13% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 33 No
Transport 10% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Defence 8% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,369
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,372 eligible divisions
684
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
837
47.1% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
939
52.9% of votes cast
113
8.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
167
+86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
44
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
187
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
2 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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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