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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,330 different votes 1,378 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
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
100 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 160 shared votes
62 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 2% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
127 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 187 shared votes
60 Aye 127 No
24 Aye 86 No
Migration 0% aligned 110 shared votes
86 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Environment / Climate
41 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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