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Al Carns vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Al Carns and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

230 same votes 7 different votes 237 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
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

52.5%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
334
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
159
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
175
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
298
+128.8 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Housing
22 of 33 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API