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Valerie Vaz vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,552 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,479 different votes 1,552 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
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
111 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 179 shared votes
70 Aye 109 No
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API