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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 308 different votes 318 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 2 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
59 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
25 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
25 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

38
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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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