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Valerie Vaz vs Heidi Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 566 shared comparable votes.

552 same votes 14 different votes 566 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
68 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
68 Aye 35 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 61 shared votes
50 Aye 11 No
68 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
68 Aye 35 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 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 269 of 650
Participation
63.1%
9% below average
Rank 543 of 650
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
631 eligible divisions
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.0% of votes cast
811
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.0% 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

37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
16
-148.6 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650
Contributions
546
+381.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API