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Mr Paul Foster vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Alison McGovern voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 4 different votes 368 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
40 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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 148 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
941
55.4% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
759
44.6% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
570
+405.5 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API