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Sarah Edwards vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 488 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 0 different votes 488 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 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 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
21 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 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
21 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
Participation
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
499
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,437
1,688 eligible divisions
274
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
758
52.7% of votes cast
225
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
679
47.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
82
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
77
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Contributions
95
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
53 of 54 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API