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Mr Paul Foster vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 5 different votes 245 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
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,422 eligible divisions
263
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
57.4% of votes cast
260
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
686
42.6% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

53
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
91
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
92
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
402
+234.9 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API