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Lillian Jones vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Lillian Jones and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 1 different votes 329 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
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
184
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
202
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
15
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
41
-104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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

£167,331
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£167,331
26% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API