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Mr Paul Foster vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Dave Robertson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 458 shared comparable votes.

449 same votes 9 different votes 458 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
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 650
520
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
633 eligible divisions
262
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
298
53.9% of votes cast
258
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
255
46.1% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
135
+40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
175
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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