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Edward Argar vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,673 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,590 different votes 1,673 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
72 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 179 shared votes
112 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 31 No
Energy 4% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
82 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 156 shared votes
75 Aye 81 No
21 Aye 53 No
Education 3% aligned 74 shared votes
55 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
38 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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