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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,311 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,311 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 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
56 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 110 shared votes
54 Aye 56 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
93 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 155 shared votes
64 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
132 Aye 66 No
Tax 0% aligned 198 shared votes
66 Aye 132 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 386 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,692
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
948
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
744
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

61
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
Appearances
167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
110
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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
38 of 43 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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