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Sir Edward Leigh vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Ian Lavery voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,391 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,348 different votes 1,391 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
16 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
71 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 133 shared votes
61 Aye 72 No
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
59 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
99 Aye 57 No
94 Aye 28 No
Migration 1% aligned 122 shared votes
29 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 140 No
Tax 0% aligned 205 shared votes
140 Aye 65 No
34 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 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
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,000
55.8 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
792
44.2 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
104
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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