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Lauren Edwards vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 297 different votes 304 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
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

45
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
164
+92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
61
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Contributions
183
+56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 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
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 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
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
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