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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,186 shared comparable votes.

1,172 same votes 14 different votes 1,186 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
52 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
52 Aye 111 No
60 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
60 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 20 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
58 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 153 shared votes
59 Aye 94 No
80 Aye 27 No
Migration 98% aligned 107 shared votes
82 Aye 25 No
52 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
52 Aye 111 No
60 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
60 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
1,432
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
709
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
723
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
951
52.7% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

69
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
Appearances
181
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
300
+145.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Contributions
201
+46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
168 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Trade
76 of 90 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Energy
45 of 59 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
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
No
New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage 17 Jun 2020
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
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