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Sir Edward Leigh vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Steve Barclay voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

1,386 same votes 15 different votes 1,401 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
73 Aye 133 No
Tax 100% aligned 206 shared votes
73 Aye 133 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 34 No
Education 96% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
88 Aye 24 No
Migration 98% aligned 112 shared votes
86 Aye 26 No
70 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 170 shared votes
67 Aye 103 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 309 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,796
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,715
2,396 eligible divisions
848
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
820
47.8% of votes cast
948
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
52.2% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Appearances
85
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Contributions
128
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Tax
257 of 324 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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