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Matt Rodda vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,319 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,269 different votes 1,319 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
7 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
54 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
76 Aye 53 No
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
941
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
779
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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