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Sarah Edwards vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

344 same votes 0 different votes 344 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
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% 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

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
144
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Education
47 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API