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Shockat Adam vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 122 different votes 224 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
6 Aye 12 No
Education 89% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 23 No
Tax 56% aligned 50 shared votes
13 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
336
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
182
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
154
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Appearances
164
+86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Contributions
184
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£230,874
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£230,874
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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