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Edward Argar vs Taiwo Owatemi

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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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 976 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 929 different votes 976 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
9 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
68 Aye 34 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
30 Aye 72 No
61 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
51 Aye 61 No
10 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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