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Sir Edward Leigh vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,227 different votes 1,268 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
16 Aye 27 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
81 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
49 Aye 80 No
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 3% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 141 No
Tax 0% aligned 212 shared votes
141 Aye 71 No
34 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 32 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 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
69.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 444 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,629
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
912
56.0 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
717
44.0 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
41
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
29
-104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Transport
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API