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Valerie Vaz vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

395 same votes 10 different votes 405 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
65 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
65 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
1,856
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
633 eligible divisions
1,045
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
52.2% of votes cast
811
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
266
47.8% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Appearances
70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
18
-149.2 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
73
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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