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Joe Powell vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 342 different votes 348 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
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
5 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
236
53.2% 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

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
5
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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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