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Emma Foody vs Edward Argar

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth
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Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Emma Foody and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 367 different votes 375 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
29 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
497
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
243
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
254
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£188,107
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£188,107
17% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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