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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Mark Tami

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,701 shared comparable votes.

1,690 same votes 11 different votes 1,701 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
150 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 236 shared votes
150 Aye 86 No
112 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
86 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 170 shared votes
86 Aye 84 No
39 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
39 Aye 107 No
61 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 87 shared votes
61 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
150 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 236 shared votes
150 Aye 86 No
112 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
86 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 170 shared votes
86 Aye 84 No
39 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
39 Aye 107 No
61 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 87 shared votes
61 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
Participation
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 143 of 650
1,833
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,388 eligible divisions
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,075
54.5% of votes cast
803
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
898
45.5% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

30
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
0
-86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
14
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Contributions
0
-150.6 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

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