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Nigel Farage vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 103 different votes 114 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

13
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
15
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Contributions
14
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
No topic data
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
No topic data
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
No topic data
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
No topic data
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
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