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Richard Foord vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Catherine West voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 468 shared comparable votes.

281 same votes 187 different votes 468 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
14 Aye 53 No
Migration 97% aligned 67 shared votes
16 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 21 No
Education 14% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 23% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 39% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 347 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
790
45.6 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

232
+153.9 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
44
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
256
+117.4 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
52
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 491 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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