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Rishi Sunak vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 834 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 788 different votes 834 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
7 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 11 No
Migration 6% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 145 shared votes
96 Aye 49 No
11 Aye 12 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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