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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,028 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 987 different votes 1,028 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
24 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
100 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 165 shared votes
67 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 135 shared votes
38 Aye 97 No
13 Aye 74 No
Migration 0% aligned 87 shared votes
74 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
75.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,753
2,323 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.1 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
928
52.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
157
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
177
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API