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Claire Hughes vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Edward Argar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 391 different votes 396 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
54 Aye 38 No
Tax 1% aligned 92 shared votes
37 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.6 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
515
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
267
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
248
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

2
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
2
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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