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Valerie Vaz vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,277 different votes 1,349 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
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 141 shared votes
71 Aye 70 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 172 shared votes
66 Aye 106 No
32 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

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