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Edward Argar vs Rachel Blake

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 Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Rachel Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 350 different votes 358 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 18 of 650
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 134 of 650
2,112
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
554 eligible divisions
1,008
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
50.9 % of votes cast
1,104
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
227
49.1 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
63
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
97
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Contributions
93
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Migration
163 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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