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Graham Leadbitter vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Melanie Ward voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 80 different votes 138 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
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
89
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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