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Edward Argar vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Gareth Snell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 756 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 705 different votes 756 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
38 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
4 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
49.0% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
129
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
267
+124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
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