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Valerie Vaz vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 271 different votes 273 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
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 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 269 of 649
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
378
575 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
46.8 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
201
53.2 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API