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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 99% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.
386 same votes
3 different votes
389 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
76.6%
4% above average
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
48.8% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
122
-40.0 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
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Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API