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Edward Argar vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Priti Patel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,436 shared comparable votes.

1,420 same votes 16 different votes 1,436 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
79 Aye 131 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
79 Aye 131 No
79 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
79 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
37 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 37 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 187 shared votes
66 Aye 121 No
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 123 shared votes
64 Aye 59 No
79 Aye 131 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
79 Aye 131 No
79 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
79 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 650
2,148
2,391 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,477
2,391 eligible divisions
1,021
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
45.4% of votes cast
1,127
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
807
54.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Appearances
71
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
127
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Contributions
98
-53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 358 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

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