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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 1,108 shared comparable votes.

1,107 same votes 1 different votes 1,108 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
32 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 128 shared votes
32 Aye 96 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
40 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
32 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 128 shared votes
32 Aye 96 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
40 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 647
Participation
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 647
1,794
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,293
1,660 eligible divisions
1,016
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
679
52.5 % of votes cast
778
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
614
47.5 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

30
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 647
Appearances
34
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 647
15
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 647
Contributions
44
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 647

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
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
90 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API