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Shabana Mahmood vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Edward Argar voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,125 different votes 1,195 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
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
73 Aye 107 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
14
1.1% 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

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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