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Hannah Spencer vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Hannah Spencer and Melanie Ward voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 99 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 53 different votes 99 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
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 46% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
9% above average
Rank 156 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
128
156 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
60
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
68
53.1% 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
7 months
Since 26 Feb 2026
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
50
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
15
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

Democracy / Parliament
5 of 5 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
3 of 3 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API