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Nick Smith vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.
353 same votes
1 different votes
354 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Participation
75.6 %
3 % above average
1,762
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
570 eligible divisions
1,010
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
216
50.1 % of votes cast
752
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
215
49.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
91
+15.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
75
-0.3 vs Commons average
119
-14.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
97
-36.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026
24 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API