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Sarah Edwards vs Jim McMahon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Jim McMahon voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 11 different votes 429 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
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
504
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,735
2,422 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
55.9% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
765
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

61
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
106
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
77
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
387
+218.8 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above 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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Benefits
28 of 33 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
56 of 68 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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