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Melanie Ward vs Mark Garnier

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 Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Mark Garnier voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 322 different votes 329 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 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
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
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