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Edward Argar vs Naz Shah

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 Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Naz Shah voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,409 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,337 different votes 1,409 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
63 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
109 Aye 58 No
18 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
79 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
32 Aye 83 No
88 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 151 shared votes
62 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 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
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
860
55.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
691
44.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 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
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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