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Mr Paul Foster vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 4 different votes 355 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
36 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
68.6%
4% below average
Rank 444 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,659
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
54.7% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
751
45.3% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
45
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
183
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
68 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API