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Mr Paul Foster vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Mr Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Alan Mak voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 320 different votes 326 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
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
48 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
85.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 650
451
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,007
2,344 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
47.4 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,055
52.6 % of votes cast
7
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
14
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
47
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
17
-107.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Transport
25 of 26 votes
#5
Defence
64 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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