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James McMurdock vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and Melanie Ward voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.
23 same votes
174 different votes
197 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
41.4%
31% below average
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-14.7 vs Commons average
33
-109.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
90
-52.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API