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Sarah Edwards vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 435 shared comparable votes.

423 same votes 12 different votes 435 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
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
504
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
48
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
77
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
45
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
79 of 82 votes
Benefits
28 of 33 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API