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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 267 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 265 different votes 267 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 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 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 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 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

65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 509 of 650
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 650
368
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,807
2,349 eligible divisions
173
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.4 % of votes cast
195
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.6 % of votes cast
13
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
31
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
15
-110.8 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
3
3 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
35 of 37 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
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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Voting source Commons Votes API