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Mr Paul Foster vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Christine Jardine voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 212 different votes 252 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
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 16 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 10 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
470
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,111 eligible divisions
238
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7% of votes cast
232
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Appearances
141
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
59
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
142
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API