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Edward Argar vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,622 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,539 different votes 1,622 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
73 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
112 Aye 68 No
13 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 36 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
81 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 149 shared votes
67 Aye 82 No
18 Aye 46 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
48 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API