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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.


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and David Davis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 218 different votes 223 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
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 650
456
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,529
2,350 eligible divisions
231
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
715
46.8 % of votes cast
225
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
814
53.2 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
91
6.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
17 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
58
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
93
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 312 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API