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Sarah Edwards vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ed Davey voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 164 different votes 251 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 22 No
Migration 96% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 18 No
Tax 13% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 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
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amdt) Order 2024 10 Dec 2024
Aye
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