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Chris Bloore vs Mr Paul Foster

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Mr Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 10 different votes 383 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
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
456
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
221
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.3% of votes cast
235
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.7% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
52
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
127
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
91
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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