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Edward Argar vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 394 different votes 399 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 650
2,161
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,030
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
49.7% of votes cast
1,131
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
258
50.3% 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

84
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
238
+149.2 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
133
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
287
+132.2 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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