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Caroline Voaden vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Melanie Ward voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 259 different votes 307 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 40 No
Tax 7% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 649
400
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
580 eligible divisions
200
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.8% of votes cast
200
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
221
50.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

160
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Appearances
69
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
199
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Contributions
93
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API