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Sir Edward Leigh vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,265 different votes 1,304 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
16 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
74 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 129 shared votes
57 Aye 72 No
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
61 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
98 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 129 No
Tax 0% aligned 188 shared votes
129 Aye 59 No
35 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 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
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,659
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
54.4 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
757
45.6 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
15 years, 5 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
69
-6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
82
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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