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Jeff Smith vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jeff Smith and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.
1,341 same votes
15 different votes
1,356 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.6%
7% above average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
1,911
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,839
2,401 eligible divisions
1,036
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.1% of votes cast
875
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
807
43.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
54
-33.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
31
-56.2 vs Commons average
70
-82.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-138.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API