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Edward Argar vs Dave Robertson

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 Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Dave Robertson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 392 different votes 402 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
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

90.1%
18% above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 60 of 649
2,134
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
582 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
53.8% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
234
46.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
101
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
129
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Contributions
132
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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