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Edward Argar vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Lucy Powell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,368 different votes 1,434 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
11 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
78 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 137 shared votes
61 Aye 76 No
9 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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