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Edward Argar vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,898 shared comparable votes.

1,858 same votes 40 different votes 1,898 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
41 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 39 No
Benefits 100% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
14 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
14 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 45 No
Migration 94% aligned 152 shared votes
106 Aye 46 No
35 Aye 40 No
Trade 95% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
82 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 208 shared votes
77 Aye 131 No
24 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 31 No
Energy 98% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 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 22 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
2,171
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
1,032
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
1,139
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

85
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API