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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 412 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 218 different votes 412 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

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
958 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
344
49.3 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
354
50.7 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
48
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
305
+167.1 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API