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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.

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 372 different votes 378 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
27 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
59 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
30 Aye 59 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
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
458
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
260
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.0 % of votes cast
198
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

40
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Appearances
130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
61
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API