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Sir Edward Leigh vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,356 different votes 1,401 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
10 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
73 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 139 shared votes
66 Aye 73 No
68 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 166 shared votes
100 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 130 No
Tax 0% aligned 193 shared votes
130 Aye 63 No
96 Aye 28 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
28 Aye 96 No
22 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 41 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
41 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API