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Sir Edward Leigh vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Pat McFadden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,232 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,232 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
13 Aye 20 No
Energy 9% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 2% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 111 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
111 Aye 44 No
82 Aye 27 No
Migration 0% aligned 109 shared votes
27 Aye 82 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
893
57.8 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
652
42.2 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
36
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
257
+123.7 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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