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Sir Jeremy Wright vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Sir Jeremy Wright
Sir Jeremy Wright
Con Kenilworth and Southam
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Sir Jeremy Wright and Melanie Ward voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 203 different votes 216 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 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.1%
3% below average
Rank 428 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,665
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
779
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
886
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
102
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,739,090
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£295,447
31% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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