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Valerie Vaz vs Josh MacAlister

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 9 different votes 366 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
62 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
62 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
62 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 166 of 650
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
636 eligible divisions
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.6% of votes cast
813
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
49.4% 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

40
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Appearances
89
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
18
-148.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
245
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

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