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Sir Edward Leigh vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 299 different votes 301 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
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API