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Rachel Blake vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 370 different votes 379 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
32 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
32 Aye 51 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
1
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

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

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API