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Sir Edward Leigh vs Sarah Sackman

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 Sarah Sackman
Sarah Sackman
Lab Finchley and Golders Green

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Sarah Sackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 242 different votes 246 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
Participation
72.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
381
526 eligible divisions
818
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
53.5 % of votes cast
926
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
177
46.5 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
Appearances
57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 648
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648
Contributions
366
+257.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,846
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£204,846
9 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 23 votes
Energy
54 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Tax
254 of 318 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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