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Edward Argar vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jeff Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,392 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,317 different votes 1,392 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
37 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 110 shared votes
77 Aye 33 No
71 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 130 shared votes
61 Aye 69 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
62 of 67 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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