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Mr Paul Foster vs Stuart Anderson

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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Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 271 different votes 284 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
39 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
16 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
16 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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