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Mike Martin vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 212 different votes 254 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
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 30% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

58.7%
14% below average
Rank 584 of 649
Participation
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 649
340
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,819
2,365 eligible divisions
189
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
151
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
795
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
29
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
147
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
15
-122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API