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Edward Argar vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jim Allister voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 21 different votes 319 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 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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