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Sir Edward Leigh vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 294 different votes 299 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 56 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
818
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
926
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Energy
54 of 67 votes
#4
Tax
254 of 318 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API