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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 256 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 254 different votes 256 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
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 489 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
353
526 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
160
45.3 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
193
54.7 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7 % 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
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
95
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Transport
17 of 21 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API