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Paul Davies vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 438 shared comparable votes.

427 same votes 11 different votes 438 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
65 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
65 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
65 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

94.3%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
600
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
307
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
293
48.8% 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

60
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
41
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
68
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Contributions
18
-150.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API