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Edward Argar vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 348 different votes 362 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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
39 of 39 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 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