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Lauren Edwards vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 202 different votes 205 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
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 63 of 647
Participation
66.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 647
476
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,547
2,333 eligible divisions
241
50.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
723
46.7 % of votes cast
235
49.4 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

39
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 647
Appearances
4
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 647
49
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 647
Contributions
9
-106.8 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API