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Claire Young vs Richard Foord

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Richard Foord voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 2 different votes 333 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
25 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 367 of 650
Participation
61.0%
11% below average
Rank 563 of 650
457
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
688
1,128 eligible divisions
246
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
373
54.2% of votes cast
211
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
315
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

166
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
242
+147.5 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
194
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
263
+98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
35 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
16 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 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
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API