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John Whitby vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 340 different votes 346 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
28 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
28 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
545
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
279
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
266
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
958
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

69
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Appearances
193
+98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
83
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
217
+52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Tax
263 of 331 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API