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Sarah Edwards vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 14 different votes 423 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
59 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
59 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
59 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
504
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
997
56.0% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
782
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
154
+57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
77
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
278
+109.8 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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
190 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API