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Linsey Farnsworth vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 325 different votes 334 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 29 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
28 Aye 53 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
516
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
265
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
251
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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 282 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4% 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API