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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 377 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 368 different votes 377 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
2,134
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
588 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
51.3% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
67
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
129
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
89
-53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
20 of 20 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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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