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Richard Foord vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Andrew Western voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 222 different votes 422 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
4 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 43 No
Migration 98% aligned 56 shared votes
14 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 85% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 69% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 10% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 13% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 28% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API