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Michelle Welsh vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
60 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
27 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
27 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
261
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
257
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
958
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

62
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
192
+97.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
73
-91.1 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
216
+51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Tax
263 of 331 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API