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Sir Edward Leigh vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,271 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,227 different votes 1,271 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
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
67 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 166 shared votes
99 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 129 No
Tax 0% aligned 187 shared votes
129 Aye 58 No
91 Aye 27 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
27 Aye 91 No
61 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 98 shared votes
37 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 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
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,354 eligible divisions
833
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3 % of votes cast
935
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
700
43.7 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
323
+189.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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