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Melanie Ward vs Douglas McAllister

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

395 same votes 2 different votes 397 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
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 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
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 649
436
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
218
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
50.3 % of votes cast
218
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
252
49.7 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
94
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
Contributions
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API