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Edward Argar vs Emma Lewell

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 Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Emma Lewell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,538 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 1,443 different votes 1,538 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
67 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
68 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 125 shared votes
60 Aye 65 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 30 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 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
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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