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Keir Mather vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 338 different votes 347 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
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 1% aligned 70 shared votes
24 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
589
781 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
290
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
299
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

95
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
165
+87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
465
+327.9 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
186
+48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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