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Josh Newbury vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 2 different votes 381 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
63 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
63 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
63 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
534
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
282
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
252
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

160
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
32
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
188
+24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
13
-150.8 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
82 of 97 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API