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Mike Wood vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,590 shared comparable votes.

1,576 same votes 14 different votes 1,590 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
78 Aye 148 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
78 Aye 148 No
90 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 166 shared votes
90 Aye 76 No
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
36 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 37 No
Education 96% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
97 Aye 22 No
Migration 98% aligned 119 shared votes
99 Aye 20 No
66 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
68 Aye 95 No
78 Aye 148 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
78 Aye 148 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 650
2,061
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,390 eligible divisions
992
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
47.1% of votes cast
1,069
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

117
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
162
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
Aye rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
No
New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage 17 Jun 2020
Aye rebel
Aye
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 8 Jun 2020
No rebel
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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