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John Whitby vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

385 same votes 11 different votes 396 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
550
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
282
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
268
48.7% 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

73
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
86
-83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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