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Melanie Ward vs Sammy Wilson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.
31 same votes
223 different votes
254 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
61.9%
11% below average
447
588 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,374 eligible divisions
220
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.8% of votes cast
227
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
738
50.2% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
67
-14.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
106
+24.3 vs Commons average
90
-52.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
149
+6.8 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API