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Catherine Atkinson vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 342 different votes 361 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
469
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
240
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
229
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
181
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
4
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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