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Mr Paul Foster vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Paul Foster and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.
350 same votes
3 different votes
353 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
82.1%
10% above average
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
8
1.5% 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
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
16
-148.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API