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Sir Edward Leigh vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Jade Botterill voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 244 different votes 249 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
568 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.1 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
222
47.9 % 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

165
+91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
Appearances
3
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 649
184
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
3
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2 % 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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