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Sir Ashley Fox vs Valerie Vaz

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

Photograph of Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sir Ashley Fox and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 276 different votes 278 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
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 648
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
404
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
174
43.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
230
56.9 % of votes cast
No votes
768
43.1 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

115
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Appearances
30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 648
175
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 648
Contributions
15
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£159,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£159,406
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Tax
97 of 108 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API