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Pat McFadden vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

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Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Pat McFadden and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,234 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,234 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
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 9% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
100 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 167 shared votes
68 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
111 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
44 Aye 111 No
27 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 109 shared votes
82 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,550
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
895
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
655
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

36
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
257
+118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
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
184 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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