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Edward Argar vs Dr Peter Prinsley

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 Dr Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Dr Peter Prinsley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 408 different votes 415 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
2,162
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
620 eligible divisions
1,030
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.1% of votes cast
1,132
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
259
49.9% 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

87
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Appearances
188
+97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
140
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
273
+115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£206,728
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£206,728
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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