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Edward Argar vs Jade Botterill

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
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Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jade Botterill voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 320 different votes 326 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
51.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Appearances
2
-80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 649
129
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
2
-141.3 vs Commons average
Rank 632 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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
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