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Edward Argar vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,888 shared comparable votes.

1,867 same votes 21 different votes 1,888 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
46 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 35 No
Housing 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
99 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 140 shared votes
102 Aye 38 No
77 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 200 shared votes
75 Aye 125 No
21 Aye 50 No
Education 99% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
41 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 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 22 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 650
2,146
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,387 eligible divisions
1,020
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
921
47.2% of votes cast
1,126
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Appearances
119
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
125
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Contributions
241
+92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API