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Sir Edward Leigh vs Georgia Gould

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 Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould
Lab Queen's Park and Maida Vale

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Georgia Gould voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 210 different votes 214 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
57.7 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
328
568 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
49.1 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
167
50.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

166
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
83
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
185
+53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
Contributions
279
+147.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£224,197
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£224,197
1 % below 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 34 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
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API