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Gareth Snell vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 759 shared comparable votes.

742 same votes 17 different votes 759 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
86 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
86 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Energy 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 104 shared votes
67 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 23 No
Transport 96% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
86 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
86 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
271
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
279
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
16
-148.6 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API