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Valerie Vaz vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,393 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 1,306 different votes 1,393 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
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
103 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
60 Aye 104 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
119
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
45
5 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
191 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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