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Sarah Edwards vs Steve Darling

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 Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Steve Darling voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 218 different votes 258 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 3% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.3%
9% below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
474
749 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
580 eligible divisions
264
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
210
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 649
Appearances
139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
49
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649
Contributions
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API