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Valerie Vaz vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 334 different votes 338 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
33 Aye 56 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
33 Aye 56 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API