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Chris Philp vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Chris Philp and Melanie Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.
4 same votes
293 different votes
297 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.3%
11% above average
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
959
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£215,599
5% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
10
4 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API