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Sarah Edwards vs Matt Western

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Matt Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 0 different votes 384 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
59 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
59 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
59 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
74.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,106 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
55.9 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
691
44.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 258 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
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,296
38 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API