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Bobby Dean vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Bobby Dean and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 236 different votes 278 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
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
408
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
215
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
193
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,307
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£178,307
21% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API