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Melanie Ward vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Chris Philp voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 293 different votes 297 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 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
31 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
31 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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