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Sarah Edwards vs Kerry McCarthy

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 Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 1 different votes 417 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
60 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
60 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
60 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 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 534 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 650
465
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,851
2,344 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
56.2 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
811
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

44
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
65
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
94
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
66 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API