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Lauren Edwards vs Alice Macdonald

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 0 different votes 416 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
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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 79 of 650
Participation
84.6 %
12 % above average
Rank 108 of 650
480
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
558 eligible divisions
241
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
49.2 % of votes cast
239
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
240
50.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Appearances
40
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
61
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
Contributions
47
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 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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