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Sarah Edwards vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 4 different votes 367 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
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.1% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API