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Brendan O'Hara vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

1,000 same votes 95 different votes 1,095 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
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 72% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
113 Aye 62 No
Tax 73% aligned 175 shared votes
118 Aye 57 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 86% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 13 No
Transport 86% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
32
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
95
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Contributions
14
-144.5 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API