Compare

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 312 different votes 315 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 253 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 647
420
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,793
2,323 eligible divisions
180
42.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
56.7 % of votes cast
240
57.1 % of votes cast
No votes
777
43.3 % of votes cast
15
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 647
Appearances
30
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 647
Contributions
15
-98.8 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Tax
96 of 108 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API