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Nick Smith vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.
48 same votes
1,235 different votes
1,283 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
2% above average
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
0
0 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API