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Edward Argar vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,588 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,519 different votes 1,588 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 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 184 shared votes
114 Aye 70 No
18 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
82 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
62 Aye 80 No
16 Aye 39 No
Benefits 4% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API