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Sarah Edwards vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 8 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
44 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
504
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.3% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
53
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
77
-90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
92
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Benefits
28 of 33 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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