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Sir Edward Leigh vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,091 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,039 different votes 1,091 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
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
53 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
47 Aye 86 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 133 shared votes
88 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 23 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
53 Aye 109 No
Tax 0% aligned 162 shared votes
109 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 109 No
Tax 0% aligned 162 shared votes
109 Aye 53 No
43 Aye 14 No
Migration 0% aligned 57 shared votes
14 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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