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Sir Edward Leigh vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Edward Leigh and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,387 shared comparable votes.
1,363 same votes
24 different votes
1,387 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
75.0%
3% above average
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
854
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
958
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
192
+97.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
216
+51.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
64
-100.6 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API