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Lauren Edwards vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 326 different votes 330 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,332
1,631 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
49.5 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
672
50.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
70
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
98
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 51 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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