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Wera Hobhouse vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,285 shared comparable votes.

1,054 same votes 231 different votes 1,285 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
91 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
91 Aye 65 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 88 No
Migration 98% aligned 112 shared votes
26 Aye 86 No
20 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Education 38% aligned 48 shared votes
37 Aye 11 No
90 Aye 70 No
Tax 58% aligned 160 shared votes
109 Aye 51 No
7 Aye 30 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 71% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 73% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
32
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
13
-149.0 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API