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Valerie Vaz vs Alison Griffiths

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 Griffiths
Alison Griffiths
Con Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Alison Griffiths voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 270 different votes 280 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
50 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
74.0 %
1 % above average
Rank 350 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
526 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
162
41.6 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
227
58.4 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
106
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,517
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£182,517
19 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension 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 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
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
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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