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Edward Argar vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 386 different votes 393 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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 21 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 162 of 650
2,162
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
620 eligible divisions
1,030
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.9% of votes cast
1,132
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
58
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
139
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
69
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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