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Edward Argar vs Rushanara Ali

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
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Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,652 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,570 different votes 1,652 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
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
73 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 184 shared votes
113 Aye 71 No
89 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 169 shared votes
81 Aye 88 No
39 Aye 37 No
Trade 4% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 31 No
Energy 4% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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