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Sir Edward Leigh vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Edward Leigh and David Simmonds voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.
1,036 same votes
17 different votes
1,053 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.0%
3% above average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
854
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
958
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
192
+97.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
111
+16.5 vs Commons average
216
+51.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API