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Melanie Ward vs Anneliese Dodds

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Anneliese Dodds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 0 different votes 360 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
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
49 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
49 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,661
2,121 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
55.7% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
106
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£1,671,061
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£261,480
16% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

#1
Education
72 of 76 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
172 of 194 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API