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Mr Paul Foster vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 5 different votes 437 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
48 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 650
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
507
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
522
620 eligible divisions
252
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
48.9% of votes cast
255
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
267
51.1% of votes cast
8
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
98
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
88
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
145
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Transport
29 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API