UK Parliament · member 4362
Rt Hon Edward Argar MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Member for this seat since
- 7 May 2015
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Edward Argar, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Miscellaneous
- Deputy Chairman of the United and Cecil Club; unpaid, honorary, role, with no control or power over the distribution of funds. (registered 21 August 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 452 recorded divisions where Edward Argar and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Edward Argar voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 452 times (100.0%).
This compares Edward Argar with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £2,343 across 8 claim lines; 2024-25: £201,413 across 34 claim lines; 2023-24: £141,955 across 50 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 8 | £2,343 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 3 | £159,339 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 15 | £19,615 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 13 | £10,063 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 1 | £6,264 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £4,560 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 1 | £1,572 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £105,187 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 11 | £17,680 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 34 | £8,148 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 1 | £6,475 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £3,992 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 1 | £474 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February 2022 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Casework Office BT & Broadband Bill February 2022 | £98 | Paid |
| 18 March 2022 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Constituency Casework Office March 2022 BT Phone & Broadband Bill | £98 | Paid |
| 18 January 2022 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Casework Office BT & Broadband Bill | £98 | Paid |
| 17 November 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Casework Office BT Broadband & Phone Bill for November 2021 | £96 | Paid |
| 18 December 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — December BT Phone & Internet Bill for Casework Office | £96 | Paid |
| 18 October 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT Phone & Broadband Bill for Casework Office Oct 2021 | £95 | Paid |
| 18 September 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT Phone & Broadband Bill for Casework Office Sept 2021 | £95 | Paid |
| 18 August 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — constituency casework office August broadband/ phone bill | £95 | Paid |
| 18 July 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — constituency casework office July BT broadband/ phone | £95 | Paid |
| 28 February 2019 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — February Banner invoice for stationery | £94 | Paid |
| 31 March 2019 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2018-19 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2018-19 year | £93,484 | Paid |
| 4 April 2019 | Accommodation · Council tax | Council Tax for IPSA Funded Second Home | £93 | Paid |
| 2 January 2020 | Accommodation · Council tax | January 2020 Council Tax for IPSA Funded Flat | £92 | Paid |
| 4 October 2019 | Accommodation · Council tax | Council Tax Bill for IPSA Funded Property | £92 | Paid |
| 6 August 2019 | Accommodation · Council tax | Council Tax for IPSA funded second property | £92 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
141 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.