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Mr Paul Foster vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Joe Powell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 8 different votes 395 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
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
522
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
635 eligible divisions
263
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.6% of votes cast
259
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
52.4% 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

53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
111
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
148
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API