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Sarah Edwards vs Ben Maguire

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 Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ben Maguire voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 192 different votes 238 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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 22 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
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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