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Grahame Morris vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Grahame Morris
Grahame Morris
Lab Easington
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Grahame Morris and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,564 shared comparable votes.

1,552 same votes 12 different votes 1,564 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
143 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 217 shared votes
143 Aye 74 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
30 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 20 No
Housing 100% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 39 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
103 Aye 66 No
79 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 151 shared votes
80 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 647
1,742
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,793
2,323 eligible divisions
949
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
56.7 % of votes cast
793
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
777
43.3 % of votes cast
31
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 647
Appearances
30
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 647
29
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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

£2,919,746
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£302,235
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Mr Clarke's motion J (Customs union) 27 Mar 2019
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
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