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Edward Argar vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Matt Rodda voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,568 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,484 different votes 1,568 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
66 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
97 Aye 64 No
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
83 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 147 shared votes
65 Aye 82 No
18 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 38 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
40 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
791
45.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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
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