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Sarah Edwards vs Blake Stephenson

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 Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 256 different votes 259 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
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 647
Participation
71.2 %
2 % below average
Rank 409 of 647
449
707 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
538 eligible divisions
258
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
171
44.6 % of votes cast
191
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
212
55.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

36
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 647
Appearances
68
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 647
57
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 647
Contributions
88
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API