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Mr Paul Foster vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 1 different votes 416 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
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
466
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
1,697 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
692
52.2 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
634
47.8 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 4 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
57
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API