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Sarah Smith vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 12 different votes 353 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
86.0%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
547
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.4% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
277
50.6% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
46
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
67
-102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API