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Sir Edward Leigh vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 451 different votes 459 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
62 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
62 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,761
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
831
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
930
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

159
+92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
56
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
178
+60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
Contributions
443
+325.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
55 of 64 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Energy
54 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Tax
254 of 318 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Daesh: Genocide of Minorities 20 Apr 2016
Aye
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