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Aphra Brandreth vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 271 different votes 273 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
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
378
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
177
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
201
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
792
43.6 % of votes cast
13
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
12
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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