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Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative · MP for Gainsborough · Father of the House of Commons

  • Father of the House of Commons · since 2024-07-04
Who
Conservative
Father of the House of Commons
Where
Gainsborough
Commons
Votes recorded
20
2026-07-01 – 2026-09-08
Declared interests
Not measured
Register coverage stated below
Connections
17
20 votes counted separately
Offices held
2
1 current
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How have they voted?
Held
20

20 recorded votes held against the published identifier.

Did not vote
11
Voted No
6
Voted Aye
3
Who pays them?
Not measured
Not measured

The registered financial interests dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured.

What power have they held?
Held
22

22 offices and committee memberships held against the published identifier.

Father of the House of Commons
2024-07-04
Who are they connected to?
Held
17

17 identifier-linked connections held against the published identifier.

Committee
13
Office held
2
Constituency
1
Party
1
What have they asked and who have they met?
Not measured
Not measured

The written questions dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured. No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.

Written questions
Not measured
Ministerial meetings
None found
Committees
20
What changed most recently?
Held
2026-09-08

42 distinct events across 2 publishers.

Did not vote: Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
2026-09-08
Did not vote: Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
2026-09-08
Did not vote: Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
2026-09-08
§ 01

Voting record

Held
Did not vote
11
Voted No
6
Voted Aye
3

Divisions held from 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-08. Counts only — Folio publishes no rebellion rates or ideological scores.

§ 02

Financial interests

Not measured

The registered financial interests dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured.

§ 03

Career and offices

Held
Committees
§ 04

Connections

Held

Connections are links proved by a published identifier. 20 recorded votes are this person's own activity and are counted in the voting record, not here.

Constituency
1
Party
1
§ 05

Parliamentary activity

Written questions
Not measured

The written questions dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured.

Ministerial meetings
None found

No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.

§ 06

Recent activity

Showing the 12 most recent of 42 distinct events.

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Distinct events
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Duplicates collapsed
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Publishers
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    Published source
    22 events
  • UK Parliament Divisions
    Published source
    20 events
Identity
Coverage by domain
  • Votes
    20 votes held against the published identifier.
    20
  • Financial interests
    The financial interests dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured.
    Not measured
  • Career
    22 career held against the published identifier.
    22
  • Connections
    17 connections held against the published identifier.
    17
  • Written questions
    The written questions dataset is only partly imported and this record is not inside the current import, so coverage has not been measured.
    Not measured
  • Ministerial meetings
    No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.
    None found
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