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Mark Pritchard vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Melanie Ward voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 246 different votes 266 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

184
+101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
223
+79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
2
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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