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Mr Paul Foster vs James Wild

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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James Wild
Con North West Norfolk

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and James Wild voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 320 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
709
49.8% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
716
50.2% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
133
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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