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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 250 different votes 270 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
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
51 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
24 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
24 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
16
3.8% 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

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
93
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% 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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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