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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 303 different votes 312 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
25 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,361 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
890
47.3 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

40
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
114
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
56
-83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
167
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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