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Jack Abbott vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 403 different votes 411 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
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

91.3 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
525
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
263
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
262
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
3
0.6 % 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

21
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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

£181,106
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£181,106
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 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
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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