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Sir Edward Leigh vs Rachel Taylor

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 Rachel Taylor
Rachel Taylor
Lab North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 274 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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 650
Participation
79.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
563 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4 % of votes cast
930
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
95
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
182
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
146
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API