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Edward Argar vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,451 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,451 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
67 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
116 Aye 62 No
72 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 129 shared votes
61 Aye 68 No
15 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 38 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
40 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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