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James Naish vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

James Naish and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 3 different votes 305 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
49 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
451
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
216
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
235
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
9
2.0% 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

204
+109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
267
+102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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

£186,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£186,058
18% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
16
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API