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Valerie Vaz vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,575 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,494 different votes 1,575 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
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
27 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
70 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
73 Aye 68 No
41 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 72 shared votes
38 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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