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Sarah Edwards vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 436 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 7 different votes 436 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
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 331 of 650
504
802 eligible divisions
Total votes
897
1,213 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
446
49.7% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
451
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Education
55 of 61 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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