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Sarah Edwards vs John Cooper

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
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Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and John Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 285 different votes 288 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
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 647
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 647
441
695 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
256
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
185
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 647
Appearances
84
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 647
59
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
104
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Migration
33 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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