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Sarah Edwards vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 0 different votes 343 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
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API