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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.

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 994 different votes 1,035 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 75 No
Migration 0% aligned 88 shared votes
75 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

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£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
5
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
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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