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Sir Edward Leigh vs Edward Argar

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Edward Argar voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,713 shared comparable votes.

1,696 same votes 17 different votes 1,713 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
87 Aye 161 No
Tax 100% aligned 248 shared votes
87 Aye 161 No
40 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 32 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 38 No
Education 96% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
73 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 187 shared votes
71 Aye 116 No
106 Aye 29 No
Migration 99% aligned 135 shared votes
104 Aye 31 No
89 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 160 shared votes
89 Aye 71 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API