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Edward Argar vs Angela Rayner

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Angela Rayner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,385 different votes 1,456 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
68 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 30 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
77 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
65 Aye 76 No
6 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
25
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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