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
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 37,191 voters
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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1821 votes — page 8 of 73
1 AYE1 NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
2 votes · 18 Nov 2025
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
2 votes · 18 Nov 2025
2 NOBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2 votes · 17 Nov 2025
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2 votes · 17 Nov 2025
9 AYEPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
9 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
9 votes · 13 Nov 2025
2 NOOpposition Day
2 votes · 12 Nov 2025
Opposition Day
2 votes · 12 Nov 2025
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
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
- 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
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Solicitor (not practising)
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
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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
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17058 on Holiday Activities and Food Programme, whether she plans to make a statement on continued fu
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 8623 on Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, whether she plans to make a statement o
Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the 2008 National Year of Reading, if she will make it her policy to organise a Year of Reading in 2026.
Police: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there were in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas in the West Midlands in each
Police: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the distribution of Police Uplift Programme funding on the safety of poorer communities i
Police: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of funding that will be required for policing in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Walsall and Bloxwich const
Police: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the policing funding formula for meeting need in the West Midlands.
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) special cons
Horticulture: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the horticultural industry on changes to phytosanitary certificates.
Horticulture: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the horticultural industry on the potential impact of EU-UK border processes on bios
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