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Melanie Ward vs Mr Gagan Mohindra

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 Mr Gagan Mohindra
Mr Gagan Mohindra
Con South West Hertfordshire

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Mr Gagan Mohindra voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 319 different votes 341 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
26 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 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
84.0%
11% above average
Rank 114 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,392
1,658 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
48.1% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
722
51.9% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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
£900,594
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£207,562
8% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 67 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
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 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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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