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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 307 different votes 310 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
56 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
23 Aye 56 No
6 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
23 Aye 56 No
6 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API