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Lewis Atkinson vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 8 different votes 404 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
56 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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

88.9%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
563
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,856
2,419 eligible divisions
285
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
56.3% of votes cast
278
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
811
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

93
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
40
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
125
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
18
-149.2 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£221,126
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£221,126
2% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API