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Chris Law vs Richard Foord

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

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Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
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Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Richard Foord voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 31 different votes 298 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
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 52% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 6 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 89% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

52.0 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 647
Participation
61.1 %
12 % below average
Rank 565 of 647
1,214
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
638
1,044 eligible divisions
671
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
339
53.1 % of votes cast
543
44.7 % 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

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
194
+127.8 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
72 of 95 votes
Trade
61 of 88 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: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 15 Sep 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
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
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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