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Sarah Pochin vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 140 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 134 different votes 140 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 1 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
14
-131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API