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Edward Argar vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jim McMahon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,547 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,463 different votes 1,547 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
65 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
9 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
100 Aye 35 No
Migration 4% aligned 135 shared votes
32 Aye 103 No
78 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
66 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API