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Sarah Edwards vs Alicia Kearns

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 241 different votes 263 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 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

38
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
46
-97.3 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
Contributions
180
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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