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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,534 shared comparable votes.

1,515 same votes 19 different votes 1,534 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
84 Aye 159 No
Tax 100% aligned 243 shared votes
84 Aye 159 No
39 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 36 No
Education 98% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
67 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 183 shared votes
70 Aye 113 No
100 Aye 30 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
102 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,870
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,390 eligible divisions
893
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
47.1% of votes cast
977
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

87
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Appearances
177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
104
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
81 of 94 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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