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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.

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Melanie Ward voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 331 different votes 340 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
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 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

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 649
2,033
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
575 eligible divisions
970
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.0 % of votes cast
1,063
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
218
50.0 % of votes cast
20
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
74
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
120
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Contributions
97
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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
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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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