Compare

Sarah Edwards vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
54 Aye 20 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
19 Aye 55 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 527 of 650
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 650
470
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,349 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
45.8 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

42
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
84
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
60
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Contributions
158
+32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API