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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 208 different votes 212 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API