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Shockat Adam vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Melanie Ward voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 136 different votes 269 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
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 15 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 39% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
8
5 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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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