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Sarah Edwards vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 different votes 415 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
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 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
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
465
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % 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 429 of 650
Appearances
34
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
65
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
47
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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