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Edward Argar vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jake Richards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 302 different votes 309 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% 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
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
129
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
206
+63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
44 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