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Melanie Onn vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 744 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 717 different votes 744 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 9 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 5 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 148 shared votes
52 Aye 96 No
19 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
222
50.9% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Contributions
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
6
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Tax
94 of 112 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No
No
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No
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