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Graeme Downie vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 273 different votes 279 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
360
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,120
2,349 eligible divisions
154
42.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
47.6 % of votes cast
206
57.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Appearances
76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
97
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
115
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 33 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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