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Richard Foord vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 492 shared comparable votes.

275 same votes 217 different votes 492 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
17 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 46 No
Migration 97% aligned 61 shared votes
17 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 3 No
Energy 89% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 21 No
Education 13% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 20% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 24% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 29% aligned 21 shared votes
15 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
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
983
56.8 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
748
43.2 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
111
+33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
150
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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