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Jess Phillips vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,291 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,253 different votes 1,291 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
20 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
58 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 135 shared votes
77 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
117 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 175 shared votes
58 Aye 117 No
28 Aye 91 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
91 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
14 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 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

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,635
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
939
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
696
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
245
+106.7 vs Commons average
Rank 83 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Defence
56 of 71 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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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