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Jake Richards vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 302 different votes 309 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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