UK Parliament · member 5240
Melanie Ward MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Melanie Ward, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Great Britain China Centre - £1,100.00 (registered 24 November 2025)
- Great Britain China Centre - £1,350.00 (registered 21 August 2025)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Syria between 29 June 2026 and 02 July 2026 (registered 7 July 2026)
- International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025 (registered 19 December 2025)
- International visit to Saudi Arabia between 30 September 2025 and 03 October 2025 (registered 23 October 2025)
- International visit to United States between 17 September 2025 and 21 September 2025 (registered 13 October 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 440 recorded divisions where Melanie Ward and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Melanie Ward voted the same way as most voting Labour members 428 times (97.3%).
This compares Melanie Ward with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £31,798 across 104 claim lines; 2024-25: £202,277 across 121 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 92 | £20,560 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 5 | £7,387 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 7 | £3,850 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £139,184 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 84 | £26,020 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 21 | £13,684 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £13,502 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £4,948 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 3 | £4,939 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2025 | Office Costs · Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | FIFE COUNCIL | £99 | Paid |
| 9 December 2025 | Office Costs · Hospitality | ASDA STORES | £98 | Paid |
| 7 January 2026 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — VIRGIN MEDIS PYMTS | £97 | Paid |
| 16 September 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet — VIRGIN MEDIS PYMTS | £96 | Paid |
| 21 August 2024 | Office Costs · Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011799-242] | £955 | Paid |
| 11 September 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — OCTOPUS ENERGY LTD | £95 | Paid |
| 27 October 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — VIRGIN MEDIS PYMTS | £94 | Paid |
| 5 July 2024 | Accommodation · Council tax | Council tax on IPSA approved rental accommodation for July | £93 | Paid |
| 5 November 2024 | Office Costs · Software & applications | DESCRIPT [200011799-243] | £92 | Paid |
| 16 September 2025 | Office Costs · Business rates | FIFE COUNCIL | £88 | Paid |
| 26 January 2026 | Office Costs · Cleaning services | December Cleaning | £88 | Paid |
| 4 March 2025 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £840 | Paid |
| 4 February 2025 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £840 | Paid |
| 6 January 2025 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £840 | Paid |
| 10 December 2024 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £840 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.