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Andy Slaughter vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Melanie Ward voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 14 different votes 434 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.3%
9% above average
Rank 168 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,970
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
1,090
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
880
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
77
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
146
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
121
-47.2 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
66 of 68 votes
#1
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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