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Sarah Edwards vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 398 different votes 405 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
31 Aye 59 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
499
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
274
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
225
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Appearances
157
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
73
-87.1 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Contributions
187
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
212 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API