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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,111 different votes 1,159 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 29 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
31 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
57 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 146 shared votes
89 Aye 57 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
81 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
34 Aye 84 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
19
5 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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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