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Graham Leadbitter vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 32% of the time, based on 112 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 76 different votes 112 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 28 No
Tax 12% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Tax
56 of 112 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