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Valerie Vaz vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,571 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,493 different votes 1,571 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
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 175 shared votes
65 Aye 110 No
24 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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