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Edward Argar vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 324 different votes 326 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
2,089
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
990
47.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
1,099
52.6 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
74
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
163 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API