Edward Argar

MP since 7 May 2015

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The Rt Hon Edward Argar is the Conservative MP for Melton and Syston, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

2136

Votes Cast

£201,413

Expenses 2024-25

5,396

Majority

38.1%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£201,413

Staffing£159,339
Accommodation£19,615
Travel£12,396
Office£10,063

Year-on-Year

2024-25£201,413
2023-24£143,350
2022-23£138,871
2021-22£105,254
2020-21£111,764
2019-20£103,134
2018-19£124,407
2017-18£96,635
2016-17£92,332
2015-16£62,848

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 45,986 voters

Conservative
17,526 votes38.1%
Labour
12,130 votes26.4%
Reform UK
8,945 votes19.4%
Green Party
3,685 votes8.0%
Liberal Democrat
2,547 votes5.5%
Independent
517 votes1.1%
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
348 votes0.8%
Rejoin EU
288 votes0.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

101

Written Questions

1

Oral Questions

53

Debates Spoken In

101

Speeches

454

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 NO

Employment Rights Bill

3 votes · 5 Nov 2025

2 AYE

Opposition day

2 votes · 4 Nov 2025

3 AYE

Sentencing Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 29 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Oct 2025

4 AYE

Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 27 Oct 2025

4 AYE2 NO

Sentencing Bill Committee

6 votes · 21 Oct 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee

2 votes · 20 Oct 2025

Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

United and Cecil Club

Name of donor
United and Cecil Club
Date interest arose
25 July 2024

Registered 21 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Edward in Parliament

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) 111 and (b) 999 call handlers there were on (i) 1 September, (ii) 1 October, (iii) 1 November and (iv) 1 December 2024.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Dec 2024

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November 2024.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Dec 2024

Hospitals: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of patients who (a) were medically fit to be discharged and (b) were not discharged from h

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Dec 2024

Bluetongue Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic impact of the bluetongue restrictions on affected farmers and (b) animal health i

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3 Dec 2024

Acute Beds: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional inpatient beds in acute settings he has funded NHS England to commission for (a) November 2024, (b) December 2024, (c) Jan

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Nov 2024

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of (a) ordinary and (b) named day written questions received a holding response from his Department in the first instance betw

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Nov 2024

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of (a) ordinary and (b) named day written questions were responded to by his Department within required timescales between 5 J

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Nov 2024

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the last of the prisoners who were released in error in September 2024 under the SDS40 early release scheme returned to prison.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice22 Oct 2024

Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of her Department's (a) ordinary and (b) named day written parliamentary questions were answered within the required timeframes between 12 Ju

AnsweredMinistry of Justice9 Oct 2024

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice9 Oct 2024
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