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Mr Calvin Bailey vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Mr Calvin Bailey and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 220 different votes 225 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
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

63.6 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
361
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
189
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
172
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

100
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
169
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
215
+82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Contributions
188
+55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,701
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£186,701
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
38 of 50 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API