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Valerie Vaz vs Cat Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,498 shared comparable votes.
1,494 same votes
4 different votes
1,498 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.9 %
4 % above average
Participation
72.5 %
same as average
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
927
54.1 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
785
45.9 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
18
-59.9 vs Commons average
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API