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Voting Record — MPs for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

Jonathan Edwards

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Jonathan Edwards (show only their votes)	23 May 2020	30 May 2024	Independent	no whip	775 votes out of 1019, 76.1%
Jonathan Edwards (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	22 May 2020	PC	0 votes out of 41, 0.0%	41 votes out of 50, 82.0%
Jonathan Edwards (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	PC	0 votes out of 383, 0.0%	383 votes out of 463, 82.7%
Jonathan Edwards (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	PC	0 votes out of 343, 0.0%	343 votes out of 467, 73.4%
Jonathan Edwards (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	PC	2 votes out of 866, 0.2%	866 votes out of 1239, 69.9%
Adam Price (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	PC	4 votes out of 743, 0.5%	743 votes out of 1288, 57.7%
Adam Price (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	PC	7 votes out of 870, 0.8%	870 votes out of 1246, 69.8%
Dr Alan Williams (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 1016, 0.2%	1016 votes out of 1273, 79.8%

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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Policy Comparisons

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