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Melanie Ward vs Chris Coghlan
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.
34 same votes
207 different votes
241 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
76.1%
3% above average
Participation
52.4%
20% below average
446
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
307
586 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
179
58.3% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.7% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
69
-11.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-20.6 vs Commons average
93
-47.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
72
-68.5 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API