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Graham Stuart vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart
Con Beverley and Holderness
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Graham Stuart and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,363 different votes 1,435 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
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
59 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 148 shared votes
90 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 44 No
Education 3% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 285 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,808
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
853
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
955
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
332
+188.5 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£299,689
33% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
11
7 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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Energy
57 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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