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Edward Argar vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,558 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,480 different votes 1,558 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
72 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 176 shared votes
109 Aye 67 No
20 Aye 36 No
Benefits 5% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
39 Aye 30 No
Transport 4% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
86 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 149 shared votes
63 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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