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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 340 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 1 different votes 340 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

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
575 eligible divisions
1,022
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.0 % of votes cast
821
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
218
50.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
83
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 649
Contributions
95
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649

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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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