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Sarah Edwards vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 338 different votes 347 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
23 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 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
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
988
1,231 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
497
50.3 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
491
49.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

40
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
54
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
56
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
70
-67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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 16 Apr 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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