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Sarah Edwards vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 365 different votes 374 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
60 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
29 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 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 533 of 647
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 99 of 647
458
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,078 eligible divisions
260
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
855
48.4 % of votes cast
198
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
913
51.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Appearances
128
+61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 650
61
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
204
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
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
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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