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Matt Western vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Richard Foord voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

310 same votes 183 different votes 493 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 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 52 No
Migration 97% aligned 69 shared votes
15 Aye 54 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 0 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 18% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 25% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API