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Andrew Western vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 564 shared comparable votes.

553 same votes 11 different votes 564 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
62 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
62 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
19 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
36 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
62 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
19 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
36 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
747
1,014 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
365
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
382
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Education
50 of 58 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