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Edward Argar vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Richard Baker voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 322 different votes 342 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
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
46 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
46 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 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 20 of 649
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
48.2% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
227
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
69
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 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