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Katie White vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Katie White
Katie White
Lab Leeds North West
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Katie White and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 272 different votes 278 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 299 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
426
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
194
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
232
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

33
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Appearances
163
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
80
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
Contributions
182
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,289
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£150,289
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API