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Sarah Edwards vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Lisa Smart voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 218 different votes 261 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

63.3%
9% below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
66.2%
7% below average
Rank 498 of 649
474
749 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
580 eligible divisions
264
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.4% of votes cast
210
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
175
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 649
Appearances
166
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
49
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649
Contributions
235
+97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
21
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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