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Mr Paul Foster vs Richard Tice

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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Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Richard Tice voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 227 different votes 246 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Education 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
178
+95.8 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
76
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Contributions
254
+110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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