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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 7 different votes 352 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
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 242 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
497
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
261
52.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
236
47.5% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

50
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Appearances
40
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
68
-99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Contributions
18
-149.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,477
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£177,477
22% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
9
5 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

Education
47 of 50 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API