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Brendan O'Hara vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Edward Argar voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 1,191 different votes 1,283 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
126 Aye 78 No
Tax 22% aligned 204 shared votes
70 Aye 134 No
26 Aye 20 No
Energy 15% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 26 No
Benefits 13% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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