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Edward Argar vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Pat McFadden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,444 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,376 different votes 1,444 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
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
74 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
18 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
34 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 37 No
Benefits 4% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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