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Sir Edward Leigh vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Nigel Farage voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 119 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 1 different votes 119 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 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% 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
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
No topic data
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
No topic data
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
No topic data
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API