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Mr David Lammy vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Mr David Lammy and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 99 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 2 different votes 99 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
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 0 No
Tax 100% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 0 No
Tax 100% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

47.9%
24% below average
Rank 625 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
1,160
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
697
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.3% of votes cast
463
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.7% of votes cast
11
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
26 years, 4 months
Since 22 Jun 2000
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
625
+458.6 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
91
-75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£268,880
19% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
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
186 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
61 of 94 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
127 of 234 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 82 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API