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Edward Argar vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Matt Bishop voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 240 different votes 245 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 649
Participation
53.9 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
2,125
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
306
568 eligible divisions
1,011
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
142
46.4 % of votes cast
1,114
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
164
53.6 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
32
-41.4 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
123
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
42
-88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Migration
163 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
77 of 111 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API