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Edward Argar vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Steve Darling voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 67 different votes 298 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 97% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% 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
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Benefits
23 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