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Sir Edward Leigh vs Sir Nicholas Dakin
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Edward Leigh and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 709 shared comparable votes.
28 same votes
681 different votes
709 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
2% above average
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API