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Rachael Maskell vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,816 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 1,723 different votes 1,816 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
25 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
112 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 185 shared votes
75 Aye 110 No
36 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
76 Aye 90 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 166 shared votes
90 Aye 76 No
40 Aye 111 No
Migration 3% aligned 151 shared votes
108 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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