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Sir Edward Leigh vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Helen Grant voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,424 shared comparable votes.

1,404 same votes 20 different votes 1,424 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
71 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
71 Aye 134 No
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 26 No
Energy 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
63 Aye 25 No
Migration 98% aligned 88 shared votes
61 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 30 No
Education 98% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
73 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 184 shared votes
70 Aye 114 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
1,796
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,762
2,396 eligible divisions
848
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.3% of votes cast
948
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
928
52.7% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Appearances
16
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Contributions
28
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 590 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 94 votes
Tax
257 of 324 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API