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Mr Adnan Hussain vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Mr Adnan Hussain
Mr Adnan Hussain
Ind Blackburn
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Mr Adnan Hussain and Melanie Ward voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 142 different votes 250 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 70% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 20% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 34 No
Tax 23% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 605 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
327
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
176
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
151
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
102
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Contributions
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£126,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£126,791
44% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
72 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API