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Edward Argar vs Jack Abbott

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 Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jack Abbott voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 380 different votes 388 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
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

90.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 20 of 647
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 647
2,106
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
547 eligible divisions
1,003
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.0 % of votes cast
1,103
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
249
50.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
92
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
27
-90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£181,106
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,106
20 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Migration
163 of 169 votes
#2
Education
49 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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