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Edward Argar vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Ruth Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,122 different votes 1,166 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
33 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
77 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 133 shared votes
55 Aye 78 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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