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Jim McMahon vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,238 different votes 1,287 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
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 3% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
96 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 153 shared votes
59 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 194 shared votes
63 Aye 131 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
142
+81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 648
Contributions
163
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API