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Richard Foord vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Bill Esterson voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

252 same votes 189 different votes 441 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
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 35 No
Migration 96% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 3 No
Energy 90% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Education 17% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 25% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 27% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 38% aligned 29 shared votes
13 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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