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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,176 shared comparable votes.

1,169 same votes 7 different votes 1,176 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
102 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
93 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
64 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
64 Aye 57 No
41 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 35 No
Trade 96% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
102 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
93 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
64 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
64 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

55.1%
17% below average
Rank 604 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
1,326
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,405 eligible divisions
750
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
576
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Appearances
31
-57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
38
-116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
14
-140.8 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Transport
64 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API