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Sarah Edwards vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Keir Mather voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 0 different votes 367 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
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Contributions
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above 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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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