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Ashley Dalton vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 448 shared comparable votes.

448 same votes 0 different votes 448 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
22 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
22 Aye 57 No
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
22 Aye 57 No
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 647
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 647
550
867 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,315 eligible divisions
261
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
56.8 % of votes cast
289
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
771
43.2 % of votes cast
4
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
3 years, 4 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 647
Appearances
30
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 647
110
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 647
Contributions
15
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Trade
14 of 16 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Migration
79 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Defence
23 of 31 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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