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Valerie Vaz vs Helena Dollimore

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Helena Dollimore voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 8 different votes 354 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
51 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
Participation
78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
636 eligible divisions
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
48.2% of votes cast
813
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
259
51.8% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
18
-149.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
109
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£222,164
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£222,164
2% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 32 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
58 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API