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Brian Mathew vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Brian Mathew and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.
45 same votes
224 different votes
269 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
65.5%
7% below average
Participation
76.9%
4% above average
379
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,819
2,365 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
795
43.7% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
80
+2.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
28
-50.0 vs Commons average
90
-46.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-122.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API