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Sir Edward Leigh vs Chris Ward

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 Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 258 different votes 264 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 356 of 650
1,764
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
564 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
214
51.8 % of votes cast
931
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
199
48.2 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
48
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
182
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
210
+83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API