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Heidi Alexander vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 562 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 553 different votes 562 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 102 shared votes
38 Aye 64 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
361
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
170
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
191
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
583
+444.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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