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Melanie Ward vs Jerome Mayhew

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 Jerome Mayhew
Jerome Mayhew
Con Broadland and Fakenham

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Jerome Mayhew voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 224 different votes 247 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,365
1,658 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
49.7% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
687
50.3% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
121
+38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
90
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Contributions
385
+242.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£860,756
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£254,695
13% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 53 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
138 of 154 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API