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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 127 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 1 different votes 127 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 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

34.1%
38% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
15
44 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
951
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

16
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
180
+91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
18
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
200
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% 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
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Crime / Justice
0 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API