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Sarah Edwards vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 344 different votes 351 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 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
58 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
23 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
23 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 650
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 650
465
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,344 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
937
47.7 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
40
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
65
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Contributions
61
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
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
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