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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 606 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 592 different votes 606 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 5 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 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 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
42 Aye 83 No
18 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 9 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 263 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
445
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
227
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
218
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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)(Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (Armenia) 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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