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Sarah Edwards vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 3 different votes 355 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
61 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
61 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
61 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
61 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API