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Melanie Ward vs Charlotte Nichols

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 3 different votes 394 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
475
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,294
1,688 eligible divisions
232
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
660
51.0% of votes cast
243
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
634
49.0% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
12
-81.0 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
14
-148.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API