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Valerie Vaz vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 246 different votes 254 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
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
43.1 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
235
56.9 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Appearances
65
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
101
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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
90 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API