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Mr Paul Foster vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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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Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 14 different votes 431 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
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
30 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 79% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Migration 89% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 97% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 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
76.8%
5% above average
Rank 266 of 650
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,861
2,422 eligible divisions
263
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
55.0% of votes cast
260
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
837
45.0% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Appearances
66
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
91
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
67
-101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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