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Edward Argar vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Ian Roome voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

171 same votes 70 different votes 241 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
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 25 No
Tax 91% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 15 No
Education 90% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 90% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 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