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Valerie Vaz vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 9 different votes 388 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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 269 of 650
Participation
84.1%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 650
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
535
636 eligible divisions
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
50.7% of votes cast
813
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
264
49.3% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Appearances
86
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
18
-149.2 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
115
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
83 of 98 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API