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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,489 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,424 different votes 1,489 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
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
65 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
78 Aye 65 No
33 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
148 Aye 72 No
Tax 0% aligned 220 shared votes
72 Aye 148 No
28 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
39 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
15 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

184
+123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 648
Appearances
141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
225
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 648
Contributions
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
2 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

Education
90 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Transport
81 of 87 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API