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Sir Edward Leigh vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 279 different votes 285 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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 650
Participation
83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
563 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.3 % of votes cast
930
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
233
49.7 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
72
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
182
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
207
+81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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