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Christian Wakeford vs Lauren Edwards

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

413 same votes 0 different votes 413 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
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 650
Participation
86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 650
1,398
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
558 eligible divisions
671
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
50.2 % of votes cast
727
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
239
49.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
45
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
1
-123.8 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
Contributions
61
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
68 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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