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Richard Foord vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Bob Blackman voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 551 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 335 different votes 551 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
11 Aye 20 No
Education 84% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 77% aligned 77 shared votes
27 Aye 50 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 55 No
Migration 1% aligned 72 shared votes
54 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
2 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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