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Sir Edward Leigh vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,488 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,440 different votes 1,488 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
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 28 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
67 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 165 shared votes
100 Aye 65 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 148 No
Tax 0% aligned 220 shared votes
148 Aye 72 No
96 Aye 28 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
28 Aye 96 No
35 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 40 No
Education 0% aligned 55 shared votes
40 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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