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Kanishka Narayan vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Kanishka Narayan
Kanishka Narayan
Lab Vale of Glamorgan
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Kanishka Narayan and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 261 different votes 273 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
51 Aye 24 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
23 Aye 52 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
236
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
213
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
6
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Contributions
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£185,623
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£185,623
18% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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