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Tessa Munt vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Tessa Munt
Tessa Munt
LD Wells and Mendip Hills
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Tessa Munt and Melanie Ward voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 200 different votes 242 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 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 34 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 14 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% 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

60.1%
13% below average
Rank 574 of 649
Participation
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 649
348
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
579 eligible divisions
185
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.8% of votes cast
163
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
221
50.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
70
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
256
+118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
94
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£950,998
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£133,741
41% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
5
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API