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Alistair Strathern vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 475 shared comparable votes.

464 same votes 11 different votes 475 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
73 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
73 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
73 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
636
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
326
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
310
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

88
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Contributions
16
-148.6 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API