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Sir Edward Leigh vs Fabian Hamilton

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 Fabian Hamilton
Fabian Hamilton
Lab Leeds North East

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Fabian Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,123 different votes 1,158 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
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
57 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 106 shared votes
50 Aye 56 No
66 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 160 shared votes
96 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 130 No
Tax 0% aligned 184 shared votes
130 Aye 54 No
30 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
62.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 552 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
826
56.2 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
644
43.8 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
7
-68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
9
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£278,935
23 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
177 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Housing
49 of 66 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No 97) 10 Feb 2021
Aye
Aye
Draft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 27 Jan 2021
Aye
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