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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 283 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
818
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
926
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % 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
75
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 648
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
54 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Tax
254 of 318 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API