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Richard Foord vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Chris Law voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

269 same votes 31 different votes 300 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
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 52% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 89% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
196 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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