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Melanie Ward vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 309 different votes 314 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
32 Aye 52 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
32 Aye 52 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,030
2,349 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.2 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
87
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API