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Sarah Edwards vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 281 different votes 285 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
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 539 of 650
Participation
78.7%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
498
788 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
619 eligible divisions
273
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
45.8% of votes cast
225
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
264
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
102
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
61
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
150
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 223 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API