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Chris Elmore vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Melanie Ward voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 12 different votes 355 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
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.0%
5% above average
Rank 263 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,826
2,371 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
1,003
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
823
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Appearances
77
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
260
+90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
121
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
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
58 of 63 votes
#1
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 78 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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