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Luke Pollard vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Melanie Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 4 different votes 291 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
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
631 eligible divisions
824
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
672
44.9% 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
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API