MP for Melton and Syston
Edward Argar is a Conservative MP for Melton and Syston, first elected in 2015. He has held ministerial roles in government, including Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice (2022–2024) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury (briefly in 2022), and has also served in Cabinet Office duties as a minister who attended Cabinet.
Argar shows strong party loyalty and high attendance, with 100% party loyalty and 87% attendance, and a small number of rebel votes (4). He sits centre-right on the political spectrum. On voting, he generally supports tighter immigration controls and the asylum system, and the Rwanda deportation scheme, while opposing regulation of bus services and showing mixed positions on VAT, NHS funding, transgender rights, trade unions, and prison sentencing; he also voted in favour of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2019 against his party’s line.
There is one declared financial interest on the Register, categorized as miscellaneous.
Generated 21 February 2026
16 positions
Railways Bill
Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
Prison Media Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against universal credit
has generally voted for immigration controls
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted for asylum system
has voted a mixture of ways on transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has generally voted against nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading