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Sir Edward Leigh vs Miatta Fahnbulleh

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 Miatta Fahnbulleh
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Lab Peckham

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Miatta Fahnbulleh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 228 different votes 237 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 35 No
Tax 2% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
48.3% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
215
51.7% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
402
+256.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£210,682
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£210,682
7% 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
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
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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