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Melanie Ward vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 454 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 14 different votes 454 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
61 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
61 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
61 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
482
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
641
805 eligible divisions
239
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
329
51.3% of votes cast
243
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
312
48.7% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

77
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Appearances
95
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
121
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
105
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

#1
Benefits
33 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API