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Sir Edward Leigh vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Apsana Begum voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 834 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 800 different votes 834 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
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
60 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 96 shared votes
37 Aye 59 No
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 89 No
Tax 0% aligned 132 shared votes
89 Aye 43 No
70 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 94 shared votes
24 Aye 70 No
25 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API