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Sarah Edwards vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Richard Foord voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 185 different votes 299 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
5 Aye 20 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 69% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 10% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API