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Tahir Ali vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 930 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 904 different votes 930 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
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
45 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 114 shared votes
66 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
99 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 144 shared votes
45 Aye 99 No
26 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
77 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

30
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 650
Appearances
174
+89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
45
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
193
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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