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Melanie Ward vs Carla Lockhart
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.
34 same votes
189 different votes
223 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.9%
4% above average
Participation
45.3%
26% below average
442
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
748
1,650 eligible divisions
219
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
385
51.5% of votes cast
223
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
363
48.5% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
69
-11.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
169
+89.0 vs Commons average
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
191
+51.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37
21 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API