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Sir Edward Leigh vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Chris Philp voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,635 shared comparable votes.

1,600 same votes 35 different votes 1,635 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
80 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 218 shared votes
80 Aye 138 No
39 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 30 No
Energy 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 29 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 33 No
Education 96% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
73 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 188 shared votes
70 Aye 118 No
104 Aye 26 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
102 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
Participation
83.0%
11% above average
Rank 135 of 650
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,417 eligible divisions
854
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
973
48.5% of votes cast
958
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,033
51.5% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.8% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

192
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Appearances
66
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
216
+51.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Tax
263 of 331 votes
#4
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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