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Steve Race vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Steve Race and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 344 different votes 351 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.2%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 650
534
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,413 eligible divisions
281
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.1% of votes cast
253
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
957
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

106
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Appearances
191
+97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
122
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
215
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 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