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Valerie Vaz vs Douglas McAllister

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 0 different votes 351 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
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 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
88.6 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
526 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.7 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
225
48.3 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.2 % 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
88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
103
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 224 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API