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Mr Paul Foster vs Jim Dickson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Jim Dickson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 472 shared comparable votes.

464 same votes 8 different votes 472 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
57 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
57 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
57 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 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

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
89.1%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 650
520
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
564
633 eligible divisions
262
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
48.4% of votes cast
258
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
291
51.6% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
181
+86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
219
+54.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API