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Mark Garnier vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Melanie Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 310 different votes 316 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 276 of 650
1,966
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
428
558 eligible divisions
959
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
214
50.0 % of votes cast
1,007
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
214
50.0 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Appearances
71
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
245
+120.2 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Contributions
90
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14 % below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API