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Dame Nia Griffith vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 1 different votes 346 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
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API