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Sarah Edwards vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 11 different votes 386 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
59 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
59 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
59 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
504
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
276
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
228
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
77
-92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Benefits
28 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API