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Dave Doogan vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Melanie Ward voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 79 different votes 133 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
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 18% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 4 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
156
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API