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Matt Bishop vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Bishop and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.
232 same votes
4 different votes
236 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
53.9%
18% below average
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
343
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
163
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
180
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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
36
-59.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
40
-55.9 vs Commons average
47
-120.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
18
-149.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API