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Edward Argar vs Rebecca Long 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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,651 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,571 different votes 1,651 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
68 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
20 Aye 39 No
Benefits 3% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 41 No
Education 3% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
83 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 157 shared votes
73 Aye 84 No
96 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 135 shared votes
35 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% 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
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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