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Louise Haigh vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Louise Haigh and Melanie Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

277 same votes 2 different votes 279 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
29 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
1,559
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
631 eligible divisions
896
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
663
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

17
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
288
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£226,069
same as average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
6
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
67 of 80 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
69 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API