Valerie Vaz

MP since 6 May 2010

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The Rt Hon Valerie Vaz is the Labour MP for Walsall and Bloxwich, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

1821

Votes Cast

£218,663

Expenses 2024-25

4,914

Majority

33.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£218,663

Staffing£162,496
Office£32,437
Accommodation£19,901
Travel£3,660
Other£170

Year-on-Year

2024-25£218,663
2023-24£181,956
2022-23£199,001
2021-22£181,818
2020-21£180,744
2019-20£182,129
2018-19£168,861
2017-18£164,407
2016-17£143,666
2015-16£141,290
2014-15£140,383
2013-14£23,128
2012-13£155,139
2011-12£137,316
2010-11£33,931

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 37,191 voters

Labour
12,514 votes33.6%
Independent
7,600 votes20.4%
Reform UK
7,293 votes19.6%
Conservative
6,679 votes18.0%
Green Party
2,288 votes6.2%
Liberal Democrat
817 votes2.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

65

Written Questions

1

Oral Questions

50

Debates Spoken In

144

Speeches

412

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Financial Interests(3)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

English Football League

tickets and hospitality for myself and two others at the EFL League 2 play-off final to watch Walsall v AFC Wimbledon at Wembley Stadium

26 May 2025

£1,050
Name of donor
English Football League
Address of donor
EFL House, 10-12 West Cliff, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8HU.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
tickets and hospitality for myself and two others at the EFL League 2 play-off final to watch Walsall v AFC Wimbledon at Wembley Stadium, value £1,050
Date received
26 May 2025
Date accepted
26 May 2025
Donor status
company, registration 80612

Registered 11 June 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Solicitor (not practising)

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name
Paul Townsend
Relationship
Spouse
Role
Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern
Full time

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Valerie in Parliament

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 99790 on Free Schools, what steps her Department is taking to assess the (a) need for places and (b) v

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2026

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 99790 on Free Schools, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the surplus of school

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2026

Free Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 99790 on Free Schools, which trusts her Department invited in 2016.

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2026

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 99790 on Free Schools, if she will make it her policy to undertake a new assessment against the (a) se

AnsweredDepartment for Education27 Jan 2026

Free Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she used to determine which free schools should (a) be proceeded with and (b) not be proceeded with.

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 Dec 2025

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what evidential basis she decided to proceed with funding the Swift Academy in Walsall and Bloxwich constituency.

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 Dec 2025

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the allocation of funding for the Swift Academy in Walsall, which body will be (a) allocated and (b) accountable for that funding.

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 Dec 2025

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the £50m funding for the Swift Academy in Walsall, which other bodies applied for that funding.

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 Dec 2025

Free Schools: Walsall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department made the decision to award the contract to the Windsor Academy Trust for the Swift Academy in Walsall; and who was consulted on

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 Dec 2025

NHS: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing an NHS body to roll over to the next financial year any unspent budget to av

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Nov 2025
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