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Mr Paul Foster vs Alan Gemmell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 7 different votes 418 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
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
49 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
49 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
520
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
633 eligible divisions
262
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
52.1% of votes cast
258
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
235
47.9% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
90
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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