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Sir Edward Leigh vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Ben Maguire voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 64 different votes 233 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 95% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 93% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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