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Edward Argar vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Alison McGovern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,514 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,451 different votes 1,514 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
67 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
106 Aye 64 No
20 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 38 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
36 Aye 14 No
76 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
68 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API