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Sarah Edwards vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Rachel Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 2 different votes 332 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
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
631 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
51.6% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
106
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API