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Valerie Vaz vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 257 different votes 307 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
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 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 272 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,819
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
795
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
15
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% 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
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API