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Edward Argar vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 487 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 474 different votes 487 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
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 12 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
63 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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