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Mary Creagh vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

309 same votes 0 different votes 309 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 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.1%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
384
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
200
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
184
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
14
3.6% 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

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API