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Sarah Pochin vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Melanie Ward voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 153 different votes 168 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
120
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
90
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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