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Dave Doogan vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 629 shared comparable votes.

546 same votes 83 different votes 629 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
19 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 39 No
Tax 54% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 8 No
Energy 67% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 77% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 78% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
14
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API