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Christian Wakeford vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Melanie Ward voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 14 different votes 418 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
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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

86.6%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,475
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
707
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
768
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Appearances
77
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
1
-168.2 vs Commons average
Rank 634 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

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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