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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 351 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 341 different votes 351 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
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 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

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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
1
1 registered category
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
16 of 16 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 139 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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