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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 367 different votes 375 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
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
58 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
26 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
26 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
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
499
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
274
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
225
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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
9
2 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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API