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Sir Edward Leigh vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 930 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 902 different votes 930 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
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
61 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
48 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 86 No
Tax 0% aligned 126 shared votes
86 Aye 40 No
86 Aye 18 No
Migration 0% aligned 104 shared votes
18 Aye 86 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Tax
256 of 322 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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