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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,263 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,206 different votes 1,263 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
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
94 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 152 shared votes
59 Aye 93 No
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
36 Aye 78 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
74 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
173 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API