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Edward Argar vs Olivia 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 Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey
Lab Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 315 different votes 330 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
72.7%
same as average
Rank 364 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
49.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
216
50.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
216
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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