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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 313 different votes 317 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
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

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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
16 of 16 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 322 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API