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Sir Edward Leigh vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 338 different votes 343 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
852
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
951
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

180
+91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Appearances
112
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
200
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
129
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
257 of 324 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API