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Sir Edward Leigh vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Andrew Western voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 448 different votes 459 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 12 No
Migration 0% aligned 51 shared votes
12 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 12 No
Migration 0% aligned 51 shared votes
12 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
958 eligible divisions
834
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
344
49.3 % of votes cast
937
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
354
50.7 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
188 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API