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Kirsty Blackman vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 975 different votes 1,030 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
18 Aye 13 No
Energy 19% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
115 Aye 61 No
Tax 19% aligned 176 shared votes
57 Aye 119 No
20 Aye 11 No
Transport 10% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 71 No
Migration 0% aligned 98 shared votes
71 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API