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Edward Argar vs Steve Yemm

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 Steve Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 423 different votes 431 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
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 1% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.1%
18% above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
94.2%
23% above average
Rank 3 of 649
2,134
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
548
582 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
50.9% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
269
49.1% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Appearances
83
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
129
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
99
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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