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Sarah Edwards vs Ms Julie Minns

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 Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 5 different votes 356 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
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
86.7%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
547
631 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
51.7% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
264
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.9% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
248
+153.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
276
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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