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Mr Paul Foster vs David Davis

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

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Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble
vs
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David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and David Davis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 227 different votes 233 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
33 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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