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Alan Gemmell vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Edward Argar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 346 different votes 351 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,120
2,349 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
47.6 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
115
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
10
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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