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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.


Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 284 different votes 286 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
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 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
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 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

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 517 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
394
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,390 eligible divisions
186
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
208
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.8% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

94
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Contributions
14
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
5 of 5 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Tax
80 of 114 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API