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Nigel Farage vs Chris Ward

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Chris Ward voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 125 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 119 different votes 125 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
242
+96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
No topic data
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
No topic data
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
No topic data
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API