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Brendan O'Hara vs Richard Foord

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Richard Foord voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

313 same votes 33 different votes 346 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
18 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Education 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 0 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 75% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 647
Participation
61.1 %
12 % below average
Rank 565 of 647
1,355
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
638
1,044 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
339
53.1 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
299
46.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

59
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
194
+127.8 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
65
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Contributions
219
+101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Migration
161 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Migration
72 of 95 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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