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Richard Foord vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

171 same votes 286 different votes 457 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
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 82% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 39 No
Tax 70% aligned 76 shared votes
24 Aye 52 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 62% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 52 No
Migration 2% aligned 64 shared votes
51 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Migration
74 of 97 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