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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 2 different votes 331 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
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 649
Participation
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
404
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
580 eligible divisions
207
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.6% of votes cast
197
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
232
49.4% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Appearances
37
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
48
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
Contributions
59
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21% below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
23 of 29 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API