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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 276 different votes 278 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
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
174
43.1 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
230
56.9 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % 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
115
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
175
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % 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
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API