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Rebecca Smith vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 243 different votes 255 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
220
52.9% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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