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Michelle Welsh vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michelle Welsh and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.
370 same votes
11 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.2%
10% above average
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
264
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
259
49.5% 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
65
-32.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
41
-56.0 vs Commons average
78
-91.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API