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Melanie Ward vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 0 different votes 370 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API