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Dan Norris vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Dan Norris and Melanie Ward voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

312 same votes 13 different votes 325 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
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

17.8%
54% below average
Rank 636 of 649
Participation
75.9%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 649
422
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
582 eligible divisions
224
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.5% of votes cast
198
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
223
50.5% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
12
2.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 642 of 649
Appearances
69
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
0
-139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£110,729
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£110,729
51% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Defence
30 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
25 of 66 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
30 of 81 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
24 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API