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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 282 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 278 different votes 282 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
10 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 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
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 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

90.1%
17% above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
2,134
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
367
582 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
52.3% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
175
47.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Appearances
104
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
129
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
230
+90.6 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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
£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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Education
38 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 31 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API