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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,351 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,311 different votes 1,351 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 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
45 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 123 shared votes
77 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 2% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 110 shared votes
82 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 315 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,763
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
983
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
780
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

63
-12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
Appearances
167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
72
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Contributions
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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