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Melanie Ward vs Luke Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Luke Taylor voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 237 different votes 282 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
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 17 No
Defence 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 649
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 649
440
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
580 eligible divisions
219
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
55.3% of votes cast
221
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
172
44.7% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Appearances
89
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
93
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Contributions
115
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API