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Kate Dearden vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 271 different votes 277 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
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
206
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
7
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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