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Sir Edward Leigh vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 292 different votes 297 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
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 650
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
563 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
238
52.3 % of votes cast
930
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.7 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
58
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
182
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
73
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 391 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API