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Melanie Ward vs Kit Malthouse

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 340 different votes 350 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
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.9% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
81
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API