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Sir Julian Smith vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Edward Argar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,734 shared comparable votes.

1,733 same votes 1 different votes 1,734 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
90 Aye 151 No
Tax 100% aligned 241 shared votes
90 Aye 151 No
97 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 181 shared votes
97 Aye 84 No
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
68 Aye 102 No
103 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
103 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
20 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
90 Aye 151 No
Tax 100% aligned 241 shared votes
90 Aye 151 No
97 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 181 shared votes
97 Aye 84 No
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
68 Aye 102 No
103 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
103 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
Participation
90.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,089
2,312 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
990
47.4 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,099
52.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
5
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API