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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 283 different votes 297 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
48 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
17 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
17 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
13
5 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API