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Edward Argar vs Mr Calvin Bailey

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 Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 297 different votes 301 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 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 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 21 of 650
Participation
63.3%
9% below average
Rank 534 of 650
2,161
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
619 eligible divisions
1,030
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
198
50.5% of votes cast
1,131
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
194
49.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
112
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
133
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
266
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17% 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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Education
38 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API