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Ian Byrne vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 883 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 856 different votes 883 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
3 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 129 shared votes
38 Aye 91 No
25 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 102 shared votes
77 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,199
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
656
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
543
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
25
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
83
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
2 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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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