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Edward Argar vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,540 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,461 different votes 1,540 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
62 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
108 Aye 57 No
18 Aye 32 No
Energy 6% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
82 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 145 shared votes
64 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
37 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API