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Edward Argar vs Lillian Jones

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
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Lillian Jones
Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Lillian Jones voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 284 different votes 304 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
33
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
129
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
41
-101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£167,331
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£167,331
26% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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