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Mr Paul Foster vs Luke Pollard

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 Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Luke Pollard voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

248 same votes 0 different votes 248 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
28 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
69.6 %
3 % below average
Rank 438 of 650
456
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,458
2,095 eligible divisions
231
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
55.2 % of votes cast
225
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
653
44.8 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
77
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
701
+573.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
144 of 161 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API