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Valerie Vaz vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

1,128 same votes 1 different votes 1,129 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
101 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
101 Aye 52 No
33 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
33 Aye 97 No
59 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
59 Aye 68 No
31 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
101 Aye 52 No
33 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
33 Aye 97 No
59 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
59 Aye 68 No
31 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
14
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Education
61 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API