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Chris Law vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Edward Argar voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,133 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 74 No
Tax 25% aligned 186 shared votes
62 Aye 124 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 21% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
672
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
547
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
8
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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