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Sarah Edwards vs Mike Wood

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 Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Mike Wood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 335 different votes 344 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
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
30 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
30 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 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
86.3 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,038
2,361 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
979
48.0 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,059
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
106
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
56
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Contributions
139
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Housing
60 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API