Rt Hon Edward Argar, MP for Melton and Syston
Edward Argar has been an MP since 2015. Currently: City of London (Markets) Bill; Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2022 | |
| Paymaster General (HM Treasury) | 2022 | |
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Attends Cabinet) (Cabinet Office) | 2022 | |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2019 to 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2018 to 2019 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 2026 | |
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Railways Bill | 2026 | |
| Prison Media Bill | 2024 | |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 2024 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Victims and Prisoners Bill | 2023 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 | |
| Health and Care Bill | 2021 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Edward Argar has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Deputy Chairman of the United and Cecil Club; unpaid, honorary, role, with no control or power over the distribution of funds. | 21 Aug 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Edward Argar asked 24 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
8 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Edward Argar represents Melton and Syston. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Edward Argar won with 38% of the votes, and Zafran Khan (Labour) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Argar | Conservative | 17,526 | 38.1% |
| Zafran Khan | Labour | 12,130 | 26.4% |
| Pete Morris | Reform UK | 8,945 | 19.5% |
| Alastair McQuillan | Green Party | 3,685 | 8.0% |
| Andy Konieczko | Liberal Democrat | 2,547 | 5.5% |
| Marilyn Gordon | Independent | 517 | 1.1% |
| Teck Khong | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 348 | 0.8% |
| Matt Shouler | Rejoin EU | 288 | 0.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Edward Argar took part in 217 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Edward Argar voted the same way as their party in 215 of the 215 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this