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Edward Argar vs Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

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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Photograph of Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
Lab Cardiff West

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Mr Alex Barros-Curtis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 379 different votes 385 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.0%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 649
2,134
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
586 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
129
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
71
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£117,527
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£117,527
48% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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