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Sarah Champion vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,522 shared comparable votes.

1,502 same votes 20 different votes 1,522 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
130 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
130 Aye 73 No
83 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 161 shared votes
83 Aye 78 No
40 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
40 Aye 98 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
44 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
44 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 18 No
Energy 98% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
130 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
130 Aye 73 No
83 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 161 shared votes
83 Aye 78 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
1,680
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,390 eligible divisions
916
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
764
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.8% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
94
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
14
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
3 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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API