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Gerald Jones vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 8 different votes 411 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
44 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
44 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
44 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
1,955
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
633 eligible divisions
1,092
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.4% of votes cast
863
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

39
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
47
-120.2 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above 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

Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Transport
88 of 98 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API