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Edward Argar vs Mr Paul Foster

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 Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 344 different votes 356 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 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

90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 649
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
575 eligible divisions
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
50.9 % of votes cast
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
229
49.1 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
34
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
129
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
56
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 473 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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