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Edward Argar vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,648 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,567 different votes 1,648 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
73 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
112 Aye 68 No
21 Aye 32 No
Energy 6% aligned 53 shared votes
35 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
95 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 164 shared votes
72 Aye 92 No
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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