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Jo Platt vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 597 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 583 different votes 597 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 123 shared votes
40 Aye 83 No
18 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 9 No
Trade 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
Participation
75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 647
424
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,333 eligible divisions
215
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
831
47.2 % of votes cast
209
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

32
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
160
+93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
42
-77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
179
+59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 64 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
UK participation in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust): Post-adoption opt-in decision 16 Jan 2019
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Third Reading 11 Sep 2018
Crime / Justice Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties)(Association Agreement)(Central America) Order 2018 18 Jul 2018
Aye
Aye
Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties)(Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement)(Cuba) Order 2018 18 Jul 2018
Aye
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