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Richard Foord vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

250 same votes 167 different votes 417 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 32 No
Migration 98% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 15 No
Education 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 26% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 7 No
Defence 42% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API