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Priti Patel vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.

1,235 same votes 12 different votes 1,247 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
70 Aye 130 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
70 Aye 130 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 176 shared votes
67 Aye 109 No
68 Aye 21 No
Migration 98% aligned 89 shared votes
70 Aye 19 No
57 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 111 shared votes
58 Aye 53 No
70 Aye 130 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
70 Aye 130 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
951
52.7% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

70
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Appearances
180
+91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
96
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
198
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
12
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
189 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Tax
218 of 324 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