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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 566 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 556 different votes 566 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
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 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 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 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
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
2,134
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
129
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
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
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
Housing
37 of 66 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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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