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Edward Argar vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 586 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 576 different votes 586 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 4 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 67 shared votes
54 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 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 21 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
2,161
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
1,030
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
1,131
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
134
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API