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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 389 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 382 different votes 389 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
30 Aye 59 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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

63.0%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
476
755 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,080
2,372 eligible divisions
264
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
978
47.0% of votes cast
212
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

40
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
149
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
51
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Contributions
175
+34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£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
10
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
211 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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