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Nigel Farage vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

113 same votes 1 different votes 114 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
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 647
170
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

14
-46.8 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Appearances
142
+81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 647
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Contributions
162
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API