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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.

Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough
vs
Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 299 different votes 304 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 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 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

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
838
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
941
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

168
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
188
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649

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
3
3 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 322 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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