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Edward Argar vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 370 different votes 376 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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 242 of 649
Appearances
56
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
129
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
70
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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