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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,232 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,154 different votes 1,232 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
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
103 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
60 Aye 97 No
26 Aye 31 No
Transport 5% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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