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Valerie Vaz vs Lewis Cocking

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 311 different votes 322 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
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
30 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
30 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
Participation
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
575 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
45.5 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
244
54.5 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
155
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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