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Melanie Ward

Labour · MP for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy · Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office) · since 2026-07-22
Who
Labour
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
Where
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Commons
Votes recorded
21
2026-07-01 – 2026-09-08
Declared interests
Not itemised
1 declarations
Connections
6
21 votes counted separately
Offices held
1
1 current
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How have they voted?
Held
21

21 recorded votes held against the published identifier.

Did not vote
9
Voted No
8
Voted Aye
4
Who pays them?
Held
Not itemised

1 registered financial interests held against the published identifier.

Visits outside the UK
Not itemised
What power have they held?
Held
3

3 offices and committee memberships held against the published identifier.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
2026-07-22
Who are they connected to?
Held
6

6 identifier-linked connections held against the published identifier.

Committee
2
Constituency
1
Office held
1
Party
1
What have they asked and who have they met?
Held
1

1 written questions held against the published identifier. No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.

Written questions
1
Ministerial meetings
None found
Committees
2
What changed most recently?
Held
2026-09-08

26 distinct events across 4 publishers.

Voted No: Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
2026-09-08
Voted No: Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
2026-09-08
Voted No: Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
2026-09-08
§ 01

Voting record

Held
Did not vote
9
Voted No
8
Voted Aye
4

Divisions held from 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-08. Counts only — Folio publishes no rebellion rates or ideological scores.

§ 02

Financial interests

Held
§ 03

Career and offices

Held
Committees
§ 04

Connections

Held

Connections are links proved by a published identifier. 21 recorded votes are this person's own activity and are counted in the voting record, not here.

Committee
2
Constituency
1
Party
1
member declared interest
1
§ 05

Parliamentary activity

Written questions
Held
Ministerial meetings
None found

No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.

§ 06

Recent activity

Showing the 12 most recent of 26 distinct events.

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Raw rows read
52
Distinct events
26
Duplicates collapsed
3
Publishers
  • UK Parliament Divisions
    Published source
    21 events
  • UK Parliament Members API
    Published source
    3 events
  • UK Parliament Written Questions
    Published source
    1 events
  • Register of Members' Financial Interests
    Published source
    1 events
Identity
Coverage by domain
  • Votes
    21 votes held against the published identifier.
    21
  • Financial interests
    1 financial interests held against the published identifier.
    1
  • Career
    3 career held against the published identifier.
    3
  • Connections
    6 connections held against the published identifier.
    6
  • Written questions
    1 written questions held against the published identifier.
    1
  • Ministerial meetings
    No ministerial meetings were found in the imported records.
    None found
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