Valerie Vaz — Hear, Hear

Voting record

5

Voted for

2

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Valerie Vaz’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 83%

How often Valerie Vaz voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Valerie Vaz doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2016-10-07 to 2021-05-09) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Valerie Vaz →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

8. Miscellaneous

Solicitor (not practising)

Crime & justice

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Paul Townsend
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern: Full time
(Updated 5 January 2017)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Valerie Vaz yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Valerie Vaz has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£234,643.50 paid out to or for Valerie Vaz across 173 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Valerie Vaz’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £162,495.53 (2 claims)

Office Costs — £43,799.61 (141 claims)

Accommodation — £24,518.44 (26 claims)

MP Travel — £3,137.40 (1 claim)

Staff Travel — £522.52 (2 claims)

Miscellaneous — £170.00 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Software & applications — £104.38, 2026-03-24 — mailchimp bill dated 21.1.26

Software & applications — £105.23, 2026-03-24 — mailchimp bill dated 21.3.26

Software & applications — £104.15, 2026-03-24 — mailchimp bill dated 21.2.26

Utilities — £393.66, 2026-03-24 — Dual Fuel

Utilities — £303.71, 2026-03-24 — Dual Fuel

Software & applications — £238.75, 2026-03-23 — Adobe acrobat 21.3.26

TV licence — £174.50, 2026-03-09 — Office TV licence

Business rates — £536.73, 2026-03-03 — bill dated 15.1.26

Every claim on file for Valerie Vaz →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Valerie Vaz — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Valerie Vaz’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Valerie Vaz is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Classical Music — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Portugal — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Publishers Association (£4,501-6,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Publishers Association — about £5,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing).

Publishers Association — about £5,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Valerie Vaz personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Valerie Vaz is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.