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Lauren Edwards vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 302 different votes 309 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 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
248
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
256
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

46
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API