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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 89% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 32 different votes 304 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£2,467,498
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
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Migration
74 of 97 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