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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 356 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 34 different votes 356 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
10 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 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
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 75% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
Participation
61.0%
11% below average
Rank 563 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
681
1,117 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
371
54.5% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
310
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

82
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
251
+158.9 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
95
-65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
274
+113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
163 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
35 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
16 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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