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Sir Edward Leigh vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

182 same votes 40 different votes 222 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
59.5%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
351
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
53.3% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
164
46.7% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% 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
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API