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Sarah Dyke vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Dyke and Melanie Ward voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 242 different votes 282 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 39 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
496
792 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
586 eligible divisions
238
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
258
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7% of votes cast
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Appearances
69
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
179
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Contributions
93
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£472,827
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£292,538
29% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
5
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

Environment / Climate
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
12 of 15 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API