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Lauren Edwards vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 293 different votes 300 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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 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
76.6 %
4 % above average
Rank 276 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,249
1,631 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
48.3 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
646
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
65
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
61
-65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
120
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
44 of 51 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 173 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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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