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Sir Edward Leigh vs Mr James Frith

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

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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough
vs
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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Mr James Frith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 592 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 563 different votes 592 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 104 shared votes
67 Aye 37 No
36 Aye 76 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 76 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% 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
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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