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Josh MacAlister vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington
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Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 344 different votes 350 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.7 %
13 % above average
Rank 96 of 648
Participation
90.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 648
451
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,089
2,312 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
990
47.4 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,099
52.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
131
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 648
Contributions
74
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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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