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Jeff Smith vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jeff Smith and Melanie Ward voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 443 shared comparable votes.
431 same votes
12 different votes
443 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
79.4%
7% above average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
54
-42.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
77
-19.9 vs Commons average
70
-98.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
121
-47.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
4
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API