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Sarah Edwards vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 372 different votes 378 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 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
57 Aye 26 No
Tax 1% aligned 83 shared votes
25 Aye 58 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
499
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,968
2,406 eligible divisions
274
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
225
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,037
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
134
+41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
254
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
203 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API