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Ruth Cadbury vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Melanie Ward voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 9 different votes 390 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
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
1,818
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
1,011
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
807
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
77
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
87
-80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
121
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
#1
Transport
81 of 98 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API