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Sarah Edwards vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 338 different votes 344 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
52 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
30 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
30 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
66
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
77
-87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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