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Sarah Edwards vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 264 different votes 268 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 21 No
Migration 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,643 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.6 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
603
48.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API