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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.


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Mark Garnier voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 310 different votes 316 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
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
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 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
7 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 650
Participation
83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 650
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,970
2,349 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
961
48.8 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,009
51.2 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
87
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
244
+118.2 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£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

#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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