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Valerie Vaz vs Alison Bennett

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 Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Alison Bennett voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 253 different votes 301 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 35% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 14 No
Defence 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.9%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 649
Participation
71.2%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 649
1,819
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
580 eligible divisions
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
53.0% of votes cast
795
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
194
47.0% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Appearances
128
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
15
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
Contributions
150
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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