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Paul Holmes vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Edward Argar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,312 shared comparable votes.

1,310 same votes 2 different votes 1,312 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
65 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
65 Aye 107 No
72 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
72 Aye 67 No
101 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
101 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
65 Aye 107 No
72 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
72 Aye 67 No
101 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
101 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
1,398
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
694
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
704
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
390
+251.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API