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Wendy Chamberlain vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Melanie Ward voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 224 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
4% below average
Rank 447 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 649
1,136
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
575 eligible divisions
588
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.0% of votes cast
548
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
218
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
71
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
144
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Contributions
95
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 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