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Wendy Morton vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Wendy Morton
Wendy Morton
Con Aldridge-Brownhills
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Wendy Morton and Melanie Ward voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 256 different votes 265 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 649
Participation
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,861
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
972
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

168
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
273
+127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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

£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£253,374
12% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
5
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
150 of 171 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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