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Sir Edward Leigh vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 576 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 171 different votes 576 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
1 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 14 No
Energy 90% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 64 No
Tax 88% aligned 91 shared votes
32 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 43% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 15 No
Migration 49% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 50% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 59% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
45.5 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,769
2,359 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,641 eligible divisions
834
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Appearances
171
+94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
186
+50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Contributions
193
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API