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Paul Davies vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
33 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
33 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,406 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
288
49.3% 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 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
189
+96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
61
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
213
+51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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