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Sir Edward Leigh vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,075 shared comparable votes.

1,064 same votes 11 different votes 1,075 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
51 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
51 Aye 101 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 28 No
Education 97% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
92 Aye 23 No
Migration 98% aligned 115 shared votes
90 Aye 25 No
70 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 122 shared votes
69 Aye 53 No
51 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
51 Aye 101 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 173 of 650
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,371
1,687 eligible divisions
852
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
49.5% of votes cast
951
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
692
50.5% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

180
+91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Appearances
92
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
200
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
123
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
Tax
257 of 324 votes
#4
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
159 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API