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Ian Lavery vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Edward Argar voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,647 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,576 different votes 1,647 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
65 Aye 106 No
34 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
71 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 152 shared votes
81 Aye 71 No
39 Aye 107 No
Migration 3% aligned 146 shared votes
104 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 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