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Sarah Edwards vs Tim Farron

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

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Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Tim Farron voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 193 different votes 281 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
6 Aye 21 No
Migration 96% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 10% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
54.7 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
45.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

40
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
146
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
56
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
168
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 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
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading 8 Jul 2025
Aye
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