Melanie Ward

Melanie Ward

Constituency: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Party: Labour (Co-op)

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Synopsis

Melanie Ward is the Labour MP for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Voting attendance record for Melanie Ward

LAST 10 DIVISIONS

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1

Justice & Law Parliamentary Procedure

25 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Opposition Day Motion: Defence

Foreign Affairs & Defence

24 Mar 2026

✗ No

Opposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas

Energy & Utilities Environment & Climate

24 Mar 2026

✗ No

Opposition day motion: student loans

Education & Skills Welfare & Benefits

18 Mar 2026

✗ No

Opposition day motion: fuel duty

Taxation Transport

18 Mar 2026

✗ No

VOTES BY CATEGORY

Justice & Law 45
Parliamentary Procedure 43
Employment & Workers Rights 35
Taxation 23
Local Government 19
Housing & Planning 16
Economy & Finance 14
Welfare & Benefits 14
Trade & Industry 14
Foreign Affairs & Defence 14
Policing & Crime 13
Devolution 12
Other / Procedural 11
Pensions 8
Transport 6
Mental Health 6
Environment & Climate 5
Sport 4
Energy & Utilities 3
Immigration & Asylum 2
Digital & AI 2
Education & Skills 2
Drug & Alcohol Policy 1
Media & Culture 1
Child Welfare & Safeguarding 1
Freedom of Information & Transparency 1
Electoral Reform 1

LEAST POPULAR DIVISIONS VOTED IN

Low-participation divisions where Melanie Ward voted

Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D

Parliamentary Procedure Freedom of Information & Transparency

22 May 2025

✓ Aye

246 MPs voted

Opposition Day: Business and the economy

Economy & Finance Trade & Industry

21 May 2025

✗ No

253 MPs voted

Opposition Day: Immigration

Immigration & Asylum

21 May 2025

✗ No

265 MPs voted

Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025

Trade & Industry

30 Jun 2025

✓ Aye

296 MPs voted

Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22

Housing & Planning Local Government

10 Jun 2025

✗ No

317 MPs voted

MOST POPULAR DIVISIONS NOT VOTED IN

High-participation divisions where Melanie Ward did not vote

Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026

04 Feb 2026 508 MPs voted

Opposition Day: China spying case

28 Oct 2025 501 MPs voted

Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40

14 Oct 2025 498 MPs voted

Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41

14 Oct 2025 498 MPs voted

Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1

29 Oct 2025 497 MPs voted