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Christian Wakeford vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

449 same votes 8 different votes 457 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
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
1,472
1,701 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
633 eligible divisions
706
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.4% of votes cast
766
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.6% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
1
-163.6 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API