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Sarah Edwards vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 286 different votes 300 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
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Contributions
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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