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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 0 different votes 374 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
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
22
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API