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Richard Foord vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Alex Baker voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 218 different votes 249 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 22% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 648
629
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
332
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
297
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

170
+109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648
198
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 648
Contributions
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Migration
72 of 95 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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