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Melanie Ward vs Ann Davies

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

Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
vs
Photograph of Ann Davies
Ann Davies
PC Caerfyrddin

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Ann Davies voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

101 same votes 146 different votes 247 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 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 25 No
Tax 27% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 36% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Defence 40% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 604 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
327
590 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
61.8% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
125
38.2% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
118
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
130
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£168,317
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£168,317
26% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
10 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API