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Valerie Vaz vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Mike Reader voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 1 different votes 303 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
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
47 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
47 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.2% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
47.8% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
Appearances
74
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
14
-131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650
Contributions
99
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API