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Melanie Ward vs Sarah Jones
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Sarah Jones voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.
249 same votes
8 different votes
257 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
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
482
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,443
2,167 eligible divisions
239
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
801
55.5% of votes cast
243
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
642
44.5% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
77
-20.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
127
+30.0 vs Commons average
121
-48.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
666
+496.8 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API