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Sarah Edwards vs Mr Paul Kohler

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 Paul Kohler
Mr Paul Kohler
LD Wimbledon

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 205 different votes 233 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
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 2 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

63.0%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 580 of 649
477
757 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
588 eligible divisions
265
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
51.9% of votes cast
212
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
167
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
48
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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