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Melanie Ward vs Ruth Jones
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.
372 same votes
1 different votes
373 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.0 %
3 % above average
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,315
1,685 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
685
52.1 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
630
47.9 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 3 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Debates
69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
45
-25.9 vs Commons average
87
-38.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API