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Sir Edward Leigh vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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 Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 267 different votes 272 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 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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 650
Participation
73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,764
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
417
564 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
51.6 % of votes cast
931
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
202
48.4 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
42
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
183
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
62
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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