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Dame Harriett Baldwin vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Dame Harriett Baldwin and Melanie Ward voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 321 different votes 339 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
915
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
1,025
52.8% 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
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
135
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£247,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
76 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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