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Sir Edward Leigh vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

301 same votes 1 different votes 302 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
30 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
30 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
30 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 399 of 649
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
575 eligible divisions
834
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
45.1 % of votes cast
937
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
225
54.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
99
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 318 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Tax
91 of 111 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API