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Sarah Russell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 296 different votes 301 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
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
468
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
242
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
226
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

75
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
163
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
111
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Contributions
182
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API