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How Sarah Edwards votes

Sarah Edwards voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 164 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Sarah Edwards has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesEdwin DeSilva - £495.0028 Oct 2025

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Sarah Edwards asked 28 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government5
Treasury5
Department for Education4
Department for Transport3
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 9 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 9 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 9 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Answered 3 Sep 2026
14 May 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 20 May 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£54,498
Office costs · claims for running an office£18,777
Staffing · claims relating to staff£33,145
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,575

74 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Sarah Edwards represents Tamworth. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Sarah Edwards

Labour

MAJORITY
1,382

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Edwards won with 35% of the votes, and Eddie Hughes (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 15,338
Conservative32% · 13,956
Reform UK25% · 11,004
Green Party4% · 1,579
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,451
UK Independence Party1% · 290
Everyone else0% · 170
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah EdwardsLabour15,33835.0%
Eddie HughesConservative13,95631.9%
Ian CooperReform UK11,00425.1%
Susan HowarthGreen Party1,5793.6%
Jed MarsonLiberal Democrat1,4513.3%
Robert BilcliffUK Independence Party2900.7%
Adam GoodfellowWorkers Party of Britain1700.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£761 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this