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Mr Paul Foster vs Pat McFadden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Pat McFadden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 2 different votes 226 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
24 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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 148 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
57.6% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
673
42.4% 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
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
40
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
360
+195.4 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
185 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API