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Sarah Edwards vs Damian Hinds

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 Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Damian Hinds voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 378 different votes 388 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
29 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.3 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 70 of 649
470
742 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,037
2,359 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
979
48.1 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,058
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
70
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
58
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
108
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Trade
82 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API