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Melanie Ward vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Dave Doogan voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 79 different votes 133 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
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 18% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

#1
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API