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Edward Argar vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Andrew Western voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 554 different votes 578 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
8 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Appearances
45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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