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Richard Foord vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Blair McDougall voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 220 different votes 261 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 22% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 30 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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 567 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
658
1,077 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
580 eligible divisions
353
53.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
51.9% of votes cast
305
46.4% of votes cast
No votes
201
48.1% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.9% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

230
+151.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
50
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
255
+117.9 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
263
+125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

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