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Valerie Vaz vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Claire Hughes voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 11 different votes 403 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
65 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
Participation
90.4%
18% above average
Rank 16 of 650
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
575
636 eligible divisions
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
51.1% of votes cast
813
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
281
48.9% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Appearances
0
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
18
-151.2 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
0
-169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API