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Valerie Vaz vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and James Murray voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,089 shared comparable votes.

1,078 same votes 11 different votes 1,089 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
103 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
103 Aye 56 No
37 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
37 Aye 89 No
51 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
51 Aye 66 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
103 Aye 56 No
37 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
37 Aye 89 No
51 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
51 Aye 66 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 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 270 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
1,843
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,687 eligible divisions
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
808
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

31
-57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
14
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Contributions
766
+611.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Transport
81 of 96 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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