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Liz Kendall vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,396 shared comparable votes.

1,387 same votes 9 different votes 1,396 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
118 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
118 Aye 66 No
112 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
40 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
40 Aye 84 No
50 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
50 Aye 72 No
42 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
118 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
118 Aye 66 No
112 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
40 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
40 Aye 84 No
50 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
50 Aye 72 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,538
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,396 eligible divisions
877
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
56.2% of votes cast
661
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

35
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Appearances
31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
483
+331.6 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
Contributions
14
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
No rebel
Humble address to annul Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 248) 20 Mar 2019
Aye
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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