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Melanie Ward vs Graham Leadbitter

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Graham Leadbitter voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 80 different votes 138 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 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
1 Aye 3 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
164
590 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
98
59.8% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
66
40.2% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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
£253,574
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£253,574
12% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
8 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
56 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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