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John McDonnell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,393 different votes 1,434 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
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
98 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 163 shared votes
67 Aye 96 No
53 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 131 shared votes
79 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
145 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 212 shared votes
67 Aye 145 No
25 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
97 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 37 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Defence
63 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
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: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) 3 Jun 2025
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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