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Sir Edward Leigh vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Dan Carden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,094 different votes 1,130 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
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
60 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 103 shared votes
44 Aye 59 No
61 Aye 18 No
Migration 3% aligned 79 shared votes
18 Aye 61 No
61 Aye 86 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 147 shared votes
85 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 134 No
Tax 0% aligned 182 shared votes
134 Aye 48 No
31 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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 649
Participation
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
2,099 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
806
55.6 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
644
44.4 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
31
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 85 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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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