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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,424 shared comparable votes.
53 same votes
1,371 different votes
1,424 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.6%
4% above average
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API