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Edward Argar vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,706 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,631 different votes 1,706 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
15 Aye 50 No
Education 9% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
72 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 177 shared votes
109 Aye 68 No
19 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 31 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
92 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 154 shared votes
64 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 29 No
Energy 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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