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Sarah Edwards vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 0 different votes 369 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
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
31 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
31 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 527 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 650
470
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,349 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
56.7 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

42
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
60
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Contributions
366
+240.2 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API