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Kit Malthouse vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Melanie Ward voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 340 different votes 350 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
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
979
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
22
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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