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Jim Dickson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 333 different votes 339 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
30 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
30 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
523
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
251
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
272
52.0% 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

132
+49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
148
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Contributions
190
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API