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Edward Argar vs Chris Ward

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 356 different votes 362 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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 21 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 385 of 650
2,162
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
620 eligible divisions
1,030
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
1,132
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
137
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Contributions
231
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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