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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 9 different votes 402 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
504
802 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
854
45.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

61
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Appearances
57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
77
-90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API