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Edward Argar vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,279 shared comparable votes.

1,275 same votes 4 different votes 1,279 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
65 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
65 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
71 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
100 Aye 42 No
Migration 99% aligned 142 shared votes
98 Aye 44 No
65 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
65 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
71 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
2,161
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
1,030
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
1,131
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

84
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
133
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API