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Edward Argar vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,647 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,576 different votes 1,647 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 106 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
111 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 37 No
Benefits 5% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
81 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 152 shared votes
71 Aye 81 No
104 Aye 42 No
Migration 3% aligned 146 shared votes
39 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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