UK Parliament · member 4076
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Member for this seat since
- 6 May 2010
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Valerie Vaz, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Miscellaneous
- Solicitor (not practising)
Family members employed
- Paul Townsend employed
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 410 recorded divisions where Valerie Vaz and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Valerie Vaz voted the same way as most voting Labour members 401 times (97.8%).
This compares Valerie Vaz with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £16,802 across 50 claim lines; 2024-25: £217,841 across 123 claim lines; 2023-24: £182,149 across 122 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 43 | £12,185 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 7 | £4,617 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £162,496 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 98 | £31,615 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 19 | £19,901 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 1 | £3,137 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 2 | £523 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £170 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £142,873 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 19 | £17,842 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 95 | £16,139 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 1 | £3,392 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 2 | £1,641 |
| 2023-24 | Miscellaneous | 3 | £263 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2018 | Accommodation · Council Tax | payment card — WALSALL COUNCIL | £1,000 | Paid |
| 10 April 2017 | Accommodation · Council Tax | various — WALSALL COUNCIL | £1,000 | Paid |
| 3 April 2016 | Accommodation · Council Tax | payment card — WALSALL COUNCIL - Government Services-Not Elsewhere Classified | £1,000 | Paid |
| 26 October 2023 | Office Costs · Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | invoice dated 29.9.23 | £100 | Paid |
| 20 April 2023 | Office Costs · Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | invoice dated 11.4.23 | £100 | Paid |
| 10 November 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner December 2025 | £100 | Paid |
| 19 July 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | electricity — bill dated 18.7.17 | £988 | Paid |
| 26 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XMA December 2024 | £99 | Paid |
| 26 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XMA December 2024 | £99 | Paid |
| 9 July 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner August 2024 | £98 | Paid |
| 19 April 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner May 2023 | £98 | Paid |
| 15 September 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — invoice dated 2.7.21 | £98 | Paid |
| 28 March 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | XMA Ltd — March XMA invoice for stationery | £975 | Paid |
| 19 January 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — bill dated 18.1.21 | £98 | Paid |
| 23 November 2021 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — bill dated 30.9.21 | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.