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Sir Edward Leigh vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Jo Platt voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 614 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 599 different votes 614 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
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 83 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
83 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
Appearances
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
UK participation in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust): Post-adoption opt-in decision 16 Jan 2019
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Third Reading 11 Sept 2018
Crime / Justice Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties)(Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement)(Cuba) Order 2018 18 Jul 2018
Aye
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