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Mark Pritchard vs Mr Paul Foster

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
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Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 245 different votes 258 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
47 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
47 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
226
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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