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Jayne Kirkham vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 309 different votes 314 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
242
49.7% 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

208
+126.2 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
168
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
253
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Contributions
188
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API