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Rachel Blake vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 303 different votes 312 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
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API