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Melanie Ward vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 193 different votes 202 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
35 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Contributions
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API