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Jake Richards vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jake Richards and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.
6 same votes
248 different votes
254 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.4%
same as average
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API