Sarah Edwards — Hear, Hear

Voting record

6

Voted for

0

Voted against

3

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sarah Edwards’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 86%

How often Sarah Edwards voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Sarah Edwards — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sarah Edwards →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Edwin DeSilva
Address of donor: Suite 8 Bourne Gate, 25 Bourne Valley Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 1DY Role Active
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Invitation to the SME Housebuilders innovation conference with hospitality and an overnight hotel stay, value £495
Date received: 2 October 2025
Date accepted: 2 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15584308
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sarah Edwards yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sarah Edwards has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£291,642.36 paid out to or for Sarah Edwards across 193 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sarah Edwards’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £217,443.75 (10 claims)

Office Costs — £42,624.98 (138 claims)

Accommodation — £22,481.05 (33 claims)

Staff Travel — £6,437.44 (7 claims)

MP Travel — £2,655.14 (5 claims)

Most recent claims

Bought-in services — £20,000.00, 2026-03-31 — Professional & consultancy

Training - staff — £300.00, 2026-03-27 — Staff Training Jan-March

Training - staff — £100.00, 2026-03-27 — Staff Training

Bought-in services — £5,000.00, 2026-03-27 — Professional & consultancy

Advertising and contact cards — £6,799.20, 2026-03-25 — Leaflet

Software & applications — £0.00, 2026-03-18 — Repayment of 60343213

Equipment - purchase — £2,230.00, 2026-03-13 — Other office equipment

Utilities — £189.46, 2026-03-03 — Electricity

Every claim on file for Sarah Edwards →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sarah Edwards — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sarah Edwards’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sarah Edwards is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bus and Coach — Treasurer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cyber Innovation — Officer

Declared funding: Cybersecurity Business Network (£39,001-40,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pensions and Growth — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (£12,001-13,500).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Cybersecurity Business Network — about £39,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cyber Innovation).

Cybersecurity Business Network — about £39,750.50, 1 group

Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association — about £12,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sarah Edwards personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sarah Edwards is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.