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Steve Yemm vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

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

8 same votes 343 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
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
31 Aye 55 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
551
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
281
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
270
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

85
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Appearances
168
+86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
106
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
189
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,690
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£179,690
21% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API