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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.

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 311 different votes 316 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
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 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 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

64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 650
Participation
61.7 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
465
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,447
2,344 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
657
45.4 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
790
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Appearances
63
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
65
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
86
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 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
14
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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