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Sarah Edwards vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Brian Mathew voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 230 different votes 261 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
477
757 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
588 eligible divisions
265
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.8% of votes cast
212
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
190
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.8% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
Appearances
82
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
48
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Contributions
92
-50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 355 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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