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Jim Dickson vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 11 different votes 410 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
64 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
64 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
64 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.2%
17% above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
567
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
274
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
293
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

185
+88.0 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
226
+56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
2 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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API