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Andy McDonald vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,622 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,539 different votes 1,622 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
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
73 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
67 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 149 shared votes
81 Aye 68 No
48 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
18 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API