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Melanie Ward vs James Wild

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

Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
vs
Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and James Wild voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 295 different votes 303 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 3% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 649
436
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
218
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
700
49.5 % of votes cast
218
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
714
50.5 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
126
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
94
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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