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Edward Argar vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,373 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 1,287 different votes 1,373 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
71 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 27 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 25 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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