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Kate Dearden vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

337 same votes 9 different votes 346 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
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
54 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
54 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
13% above average
Rank 93 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
540
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
265
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
275
50.9% 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

111
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
374
+204.8 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API