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Sarah Edwards vs Jake Richards

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 Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 0 different votes 247 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
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

39
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650
Appearances
68
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
47
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
229
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API