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Sir Edward Leigh vs Gavin Robinson

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 Gavin Robinson
Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Gavin Robinson voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

978 same votes 227 different votes 1,205 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 5 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
66 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 167 shared votes
60 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 50% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 54% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 23 No
Defence 56% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
67 Aye 17 No
Migration 58% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 63% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 649
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,361 eligible divisions
834
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
50.6 % of votes cast
937
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
753
49.4 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.5 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
100
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£220,061
3 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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