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Fred Thomas vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 9 different votes 323 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
62 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
62 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
62 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
437
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
255
58.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
182
41.6% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
79
-90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
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

Housing
32 of 33 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Tax
98 of 122 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API