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Melanie Ward vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 138 different votes 141 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 478 of 650
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,406
2,094 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
697
49.6 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
709
50.4 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
87
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
243
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
167 of 188 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 85 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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